Mokasige: Redeploying a Colonial Institution to Reaffirm and Revitalize Algonquin Culture ...
Historically, Canada's educational policy for Indigenous populations has focused onassimilation, which has had a negative effect on Indigenous cultures and peoples.Today, high school graduation rates for Aboriginals are less than half of the Canadianaverage (Assembly of First Nations, 2011). Th...
Main Author: | |
---|---|
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Canadian Journal of Native Education
2021
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.14288/cjne.v36i1.196555 https://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/CJNE/article/view/196555 |
Summary: | Historically, Canada's educational policy for Indigenous populations has focused onassimilation, which has had a negative effect on Indigenous cultures and peoples.Today, high school graduation rates for Aboriginals are less than half of the Canadianaverage (Assembly of First Nations, 2011). Through an examination of existing literature and an ethnography ofKitigan Zibi Kikinamadinan, a modern Native school, Iexamine the possibilities for the future of Native education. The Indian Control of Indian Education (ICIE) document, released 40 years ago, argued that culturally sensitive education that connects Native students to their heritage can help build feelingsof positive self-esteem and identity, giving them the confidence to succeed in life, bothwithin and outside their communities. In turn, this helps combat issues of poverty andculture loss among Natives. This process is exemplified at Kitigan Zibi Kikinamadinan,which has graduation rates on par with Canadian averages. The process is a role modelfor ... : Canadian Journal of Native Education, Vol. 36 No. 1 (2013) ... |
---|