An Anishinaabe Perspective on Children’s Language Learning to Inform “Seeing the Aboriginal Child”

• Published in: Language and Literacy
• Main Author: Sharla Peltier
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; French
• Published: Language and Literacy Researchers of Canada 2017
• Subjects: Theory and practice of education; LB5-3640; Language and Literature; P; Indian; Helin; algonquin; anishina*; inuit; Metis
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.20360/G2N95C; https://doaj.org/article/5e0a63915a2742ca9682125fb7d72434

This paper critically examines attitudes and professional practices based on Western-European epistemologies that perpetuate the socio-cultural mismatch between many Aboriginal children’s home and school. In the spirit of the Calls to Action by Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission, an Anishi...