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ERIC Number: EJ570804
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0710-1481
Our Peoples' Education: Cut the Shackles; Cut the Crap; Cut the Mustard.
Kirkness, Verna J.
Canadian Journal of Native Education, v22 n1 p10-15 1998
Calls upon Canadian Aboriginal communities to take control of their children's education by breaking free of inappropriate Western educational practices; moving from rhetoric to action in the areas of native language instruction, outdoor learning, involvement of Elders, and parent participation; and developing community-based evaluations of educational quality. (SV)
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Canada Natives, Community Involvement, Culturally Relevant Education, Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Foreign Countries, Native Language Instruction, Parent Participation, Self Determination, Tribally Controlled Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Canada
Note: Theme issue title: "Creating Power in the Land of the Eagle." Keynote address at the Treaty 7/Mokakit Education Research Conference (Calgary, Alberta, October 6-8, 1994).