A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF SELF-GOVERNANCE AGREEMENTS ADDRESSING FIRST-NATIONS CONTROL OF EDUCATION IN CANADA

This paper reviews the meaning and content of various First-Nation selfgovernment discourses that have emerged over the last 40 years. Based on a detailed thematic analysis of policy papers, reports, and self-governance agreements on this issue of First-Nations control of education, this paper prese...

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Main Authors: Fallon, Gerald, Paquette, Jerald
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: University of Saskatchewan 2017
Subjects:
Canada
First Nations
Online Access:https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/cjeap/article/view/42832
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Summary:This paper reviews the meaning and content of various First-Nation selfgovernment discourses that have emerged over the last 40 years. Based on a detailed thematic analysis of policy papers, reports, and self-governance agreements on this issue of First-Nations control of education, this paper presents a coherent and defensible understanding of the current state of First-Nations rights to control education while mapping institutional arrangements or internal principles of organization for self-determination that have emerged over time in discourse on First-Nations rights and education in Canada.

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