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Cara Mumford – English Journal, 2016
With a poem by Dr. Leanne Simpson, Anishinaabe scholar and storyteller, at its foundation, this article discusses the impact on Métis filmmaker Cara Mumford of creating a short film based on the poem, while exploring connections between women, language, and land within Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg territory. The author's epiphany about the…
Descriptors: Canada Natives, Indigenous Populations, Foreign Countries, Feminism
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Owens, Kay – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2014
School mathematics tends to have developed from the major cultures of Asia, the Mediterranean and Europe. However, indigenous cultures in particular may have distinctly different systematic ways of referring to space and thinking mathematically about spatial activity. Their approaches are based on the close link between the environment and…
Descriptors: Mathematics, Geometry, Indigenous Knowledge, Indigenous Populations
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Morcom, Lindsay A. – Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, 2014
In this article, I explore the incongruence between the federal government's proposed First Nations Education Act and the approach of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) regarding language and culture education. I also examine research concerning potential outcomes of their approaches to determine what would be most beneficial to learners.…
Descriptors: Cultural Education, Language, Federal Legislation, Educational Policy
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Reta, Medi – Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 2010
Narratives have always been integral to Indigenous knowledge transfer. In this autoethnography the author shares her border crossings between her Indigenous knowledge systems and the often dominant Western knowledge system. Pertinent to these experiences are the stark contrasts that exist between the two knowledge systems and their educational…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Personal Narratives, Indigenous Knowledge, Pacific Islanders