Indian education in Canada Volume 2, The challenge / edited by Jean Barman, Yvonne Hebeter, and Don McCaskill.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Barman, Jean, 1939-

Hebeter, Yvonne M., 1942-

McCaskill, Don.

Series:

Nakoda Institute occasional paper ; no. 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Education--Canada--History.

Indians of North America.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (268 p.)

Place of Publication:

Vancouver : University of British Columbia Press, 1987.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The two volumes comprising Indian Education in Canada present the first full-length discussion of this important subject since the adoption in 1972 of a new federal policy moving toward Indian control of Indian education. Volume 1 analyzes the education of Indian children by whites since the arrival of the first Europeans in Canada. Volume 2 is concerned with the wide-ranging changes that have taken place since 1972.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword / Chief John Snow""; ""Preface""; ""1 The Challenge of Indian Education: An Overview""; ""2 First Nations Control of Education: The Path to our Survival as Nations""; ""3 Role Shock in Local Community Control of Indian Education""; ""4 Education as a Total Way of Life: The Nisga'a Experience""; ""5 The Cree Experience""; ""6 Mi'kmaq Linguistic Integrity: A Case Study of Mi'kmawey School""; ""7 Blue Quills Native Education Centre: A Case Study""; ""8 My Elders Tell Me""; ""9 Revitalization of Indian Culture: Indian Cultural Survival Schools""

""10 The Education of Urban Native Children: The Sacred Circle Project""""11 Training Indian Teachers in a Community Setting: The Mount Currie Lil' wat Programme""; ""12 Evaluation of Indian Education: Issues and Challenges""; ""Notes on Contributors""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-7748-4524-4