The Value of Indigenous Knowledge People of the Dawnland

For over 400 years, Wabankaki children of Maine and eastern Canada have been assimilated into schools established by European immigrants. Low high school graduation rates, poor achievement outcomes, and overrepresentation of students in special education reveal an “invisible crisis ” that threatens...

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Main Authors: Joanne W. Putnam, David E. Putnam, Bernard E. Jerome, Ramona Jerome
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Subjects:
Canada
Mi’gmaq
Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.1029.583
http://www.ijme-journal.org/index.php/ijme/article/download/400/648/
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Summary:For over 400 years, Wabankaki children of Maine and eastern Canada have been assimilated into schools established by European immigrants. Low high school graduation rates, poor achievement outcomes, and overrepresentation of students in special education reveal an “invisible crisis ” that threatens the survival of the indigenous culture and communities. Here we describe a collaborative cross-border project between the Gesgapegiag Mi’gmaq First Nation and northern Maine university professors that produced culturally based

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