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Seeing for the Purpose of Learning and Doing among the Nahua in Northern Puebla, Mexico (Ver para saber y hacer entre los nahuas del norte de Puebla, México)
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Chamoux, Marie-Noëlle – Journal for the Study of Education and Development, 2022
In Nahuatl-speaking villages located in the north of the state of Puebla, family and community educational practices adhere to the Learning by Observing and Pitching In to family and community endeavours model (LOPI). Attentive observation is encouraged as children's principal method of learning. Co-presence is favoured by the adult educators as a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, American Indian Languages, Learning Processes, American Indian Education
The Navajo Calendar.
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Yazzie, Lena – Journal of Navajo Education, 1997
The Navajo calendar is a means of educating people to thrive in their surroundings, realize their individual potentials, and perpetuate their society. Describes in Navajo and English: the Navajo calendar, ceremonies and activities appropriate to each month, the moccasin game and string game (played in winter), and the significance of the number…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, Ceremonies, Indigenous Knowledge
The Indigenous World, 1994-95 = El Mundo Indigena, 1994-95.
Jensen, Marianne, Comp.; Sjorslev, Inger, Comp. – Indigenous World, 1995
This annual publication examines political, legal, social, and educational issues concerning indigenous peoples in various countries around the world during 1994-95. Part I highlights news events and ongoing situations in specific countries. In the United States and Canada, these include: (1) the arrest of three Canadian Inuit hunters for the…
Descriptors: Activism, Alaska Natives, American Indian Education, American Indians
The Indigenous World, 1995-96 = El Mundo Indigena, 1995-96.
Jensen, Marianne, Comp. – 1996
This annual publication examines political, legal, social, and educational issues concerning indigenous peoples around the world during 1995-96. Part I highlights news events and ongoing situations in specific countries, including threats to indigenous territories, human rights violations, political victories, developments at the United Nations,…
Descriptors: Activism, Alaska Natives, American Indian Education, American Indians
Community Development and Research. Aboriginal Peoples Collection = Developpement Communautaire et Recherches. Collection sur les Autochtones.
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Ministry of the Solicitor General, Ottawa (Ontario). – 1996
This report provides Canadian Aboriginal communities with information and resources for carrying out participatory action research and applying the results to community development. Presented in English and French, the report is based on a literature review and a 2-day focus group involving 14 community development experts, Aboriginal community…
Descriptors: Action Research, American Indian Education, Canada Natives, Community Action
Gathering Strength: Canada's Aboriginal Action Plan. A Progress Report = Rassembler nos forces: Le plan d'action du Canada pour les questions autochtones. Rapport d'etape.
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Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Ottawa (Ontario). – 2000
Gathering Strength is an integrated government-wide plan to address the key challenges facing Canada's Aboriginal people. Following an initial section on reconciliation of historic grievances, this report describes initiatives in the four areas addressed by the action plan: (1) partnerships (all schools received public awareness materials;…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, American Indian Education, American Indians, Canada Natives