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...
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ftubcjournals:oai:ojs.library.ubc.ca:article/196555 2023-05-15T16:16:23+02:00 Mokasige: Redeploying a Colonial Institution to Reaffirm and Revitalize Algonquin Culture MacLellan, Frances 2021-12-10 application/pdf http://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/CJNE/article/view/196555 https://doi.org/10.14288/cjne.v36i1.196555 eng eng UBC Faculty of Education http://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/CJNE/article/view/196555/191520 http://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/CJNE/article/view/196555 doi:10.14288/cjne.v36i1.196555 Copyright (c) 2021 Canadian Journal of Native Education Canadian Journal of Native Education; Vol. 36 No. 1 (2013) 0710-1481 10.14288/cjne.v36i1 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article 2021 ftubcjournals https://doi.org/10.14288/cjne.v36i1.196555 https://doi.org/10.14288/cjne.v36i1 2023-01-04T07:51:12Z 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 other Native communities who wish to implement the education system set out byICIE and redeploy this once-colonial institution to better serve their peoples. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations Open Access Journal Hosting (University of British Columbia) Indian |
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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 other Native communities who wish to implement the education system set out byICIE and redeploy this once-colonial institution to better serve their peoples. |
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