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Bruce Friedlander – ProQuest LLC, 2024
During the nineteenth century, the federal government forced many natives to move from their ancestral homes to remote territories in the central and western United States. Also during that century, the United States opened off reservation boarding schools for native youth. The first of those institutes was the Carlisle Indian Industrial School,…
Descriptors: Boarding Schools, Nonreservation American Indians, Relocation, Historical Interpretation
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Amanda LeClair-Diaz; Christine Stanton – Rural Educator, 2024
This article describes storywork and collaborative meaning making as relational practices that can support stakeholder learning about curricular sovereignty with(in) rural Indigenous-serving school districts. While various treaties and policies exist to protect the educational interests of Indigenous Nations, enacting curricular sovereignty often…
Descriptors: Rural Education, Indigenous Populations, Constructivism (Learning), American Indian Education
O'Donnell, Vivian; Arriagada, Paula – Statistics Canada, 2019
Among people who leave high school prior to completion, many return to schooling as adults. High school equivalency programs (such as a General Educational Development or Adult Basic Education program) gives them the opportunity to go back and complete high school requirements. Using data from the 2017 Aboriginal Peoples Survey--a national survey…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Canada Natives, Nonreservation American Indians, High School Equivalency Programs
Smith, Kestrel A. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This dissertation explores the accessibility of SAT and ACT standardized tests and related preparatory resources in relation to Native communities. The ultimate goal of this research is twofold. First, to help identify some of the barriers to educational access experienced by Native students, and second, to use this information to increase…
Descriptors: Barriers, Access to Education, American Indian Education, Critical Theory
Running Bear, Candi; Terrill, William P. A.; Frates, Adriana; Peterson, Patricia; Ulrich, Judith – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic unexpectedly changed almost all aspects of people's everyday lives. This included new challenges in the education of Native American students with disabilities who live in rural and remote areas of the United States. Native American students with disabilities living on reservations are served by local schools, tribally…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Rural Schools, Students with Disabilities
Arriagada, Paula; Hango, Darcy – Statistics Canada, 2016
Existing research shows that higher cognitive skills, such as literacy and numeracy, are associated with greater labour force participation and higher earnings, as well as a positive relationship with self-reported health status. However, this research has not focused specifically on the Aboriginal population in Canada. This article examines the…
Descriptors: Canada Natives, Literacy, Numeracy, Nonreservation American Indians
Turner, Annie; Thompson, Amanda – Statistics Canada, 2015
School mobility--changing schools--can have a negative effect on children's academic success. Research in the general population has shown that changing schools is associated with difficulties in school (Mehana and Reynolds, 2004; Mantzicopoulos and Knutson, 2000; Demie, 2002; Alexander, Entwistle and Dauber, 1996). A change of schools may affect…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Canada Natives, Student Mobility, Outcomes of Education
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Mack, Elizabeth; Augare, Helen; Cloud-Jones, Linda Different; David, Dominique; Gaddie, Helene Quiver; Honey, Rose E.; Kawagley, Angayuqaq O.; Plume-Weatherwax, Melissa Little; Fight, Lisa Lone; Meier, Gene; Pete, Tachini; Leaf, James Rattling; Returns From Scout, Elvin; Sachatello-Sawyer, Bonnie; Shibata, Hi'ilani; Valdez, Shelly; Wippert, Rachel – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2012
There are a growing number of informal science education (ISE) programs in Native communities that engage youth in science education and that are grounded in Native ways of knowing. There is also a growing body of research focusing on the relationship between culture, traditional knowledge, and science education. However, there is little research…
Descriptors: Expertise, American Indian Education, Science Education, Indigenous Populations
British Columbia Ministry of Education, 2018
The Aboriginal "How are we Doing?" report provides information about Aboriginal students (including adults) performance in Public school. Readers should notice that there are changes to historical and trend data. Once a student has self-identified as being of Aboriginal ancestry, the student is included in all report outcomes for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Canada Natives, American Indian Students, Academic Achievement
British Columbia Ministry of Education, 2017
This report provides information about the performance of Aboriginal students (including adults) in British Columbia's public schools. Ten sections include: (1) Introduction; (2) Student and District Context (Kindergarten-Grade 12), 2012/13-2016/17 (including gender differences, alternative programs, and special needs students); (3) Foundation…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Canada Natives, American Indian Students, Academic Achievement
Borden, Victor M. H. – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2010
Each year in the Top 100 series, researchers highlight the institutions that confer the most degrees to students of color. In this edition, they focus on the most prevalent degree conferred: the bachelor's degree. Among the types of colleges and universities that they examine--those that have Title IV status (recognized by the U.S. Department of…
Descriptors: Minority Groups, Bachelors Degrees, Graduation Rate, College Graduates
Montana Office of Public Instruction, 2012
Schools and communities across Montana are working hard to ensure that students receive the best education and graduate ready for college and careers. One of the most important components in this effort involves understanding where students are and how schools and communities can best help them achieve at the highest levels. Data is an invaluable…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gap, American Indians, American Indian Students
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Journal of American Indian Education, 1973
Descriptors: American Indians, Educational Innovation, Horticulture, Individualized Instruction
Haltom, John F.; Singleton, James F. – 1972
A case study of social change, this paper describes the community of Tortugas, an American Indian-Mexican village at the southern edge of Las Cruces, New Mexico. The Indian inhabitants of the community have been assimilated into the rural Mexican American subculture, which has become increasingly suburban through a process little explored in the…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Community, History, Land Settlement
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Stanbury, W. T. – British Columbia Studies, 1973
The paper provides a summary of the level of income and welfare dependency of British Columbia American Indians in the 1960's. Emphasis is given to Indians living off reservations. (FF)
Descriptors: American Indians, Comparative Analysis, Income, Nonreservation American Indians
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