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Established in 1983 to serve the needs of northern Alberta, Windspeaker became a national newspaper on its 10th anniversary in 1993.
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The University of Lethbridge Centre for Aboriginal Management has been authorized to proceed with a program to train students as senior administrators and museum curators.
The Peigan Nation intends to fund up to 24 students in the next year.
Reg Crowshoe, general project manager for the Peigan Nation Red Book Project, said the Peigan Nation is still seeking…
The Saskatchewan Indian Federated College Department of Indian Studies has prepared a distance education version of introductory Indian Studies for broadcast.
The SIFC department worked with the Department of Native Studies at the University of Saskatchewan to prepare the course for broadcast on the Saskatchewan Communications Network, the new public broadcasting network. It provides…
The Saskatchewan Indian Federated College Department of Indian Studies has prepared a distance education version of introductory Indian Studies for broadcast.
The SIFC department worked with the Department of Native Studies at the University of Saskatchewan to prepare the course for broadcast on the Saskatchewan Communications Network, the new public broadcasting network. It provides…
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Only four Alberta bands have federally run schools on their reserve. And in the next two to three years those bands too are expected to assume control of education.
The impetus for Native control of Native schools came from a 1969 federal government white paper on Native education. That report recommended the integration of Indian children into the provincial school…
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Only four Alberta bands have federally run schools on their reserve. And in the next two to three years those bands too are expected to assume control of education.
The impetus for Native control of Native schools came from a 1969 federal government white paper on Native education. That report recommended the integration of Indian children into the provincial school…
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Native parents in Edmonton will be asked to identify their heritage when they register their children in the city's public school system next fall as part of a plan to help measure the success rate of Native students.
"We don't really know how Native students do versus non-Natives because we've never asked people to identify themselves by their ethnic background," said…
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Native parents in Edmonton will be asked to identify their heritage when they register their children in the city's public school system next fall as part of a plan to help measure the success rate of Native students.
"We don't really know how Native students do versus non-Natives because we've never asked people to identify themselves by their ethnic background," said…
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Three years after Native groups across Canada protested a federal government plan to freeze funding for post-secondary education, studies show more Native students are attending school and staying there.
A 1991 Indian Affairs basic status report shows post-secondary enrolment by Native students jumped to 21,000 in 1991 from 16,.000 in 1989.
In similar studies,…
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Three years after Native groups across Canada protested a federal government plan to freeze funding for post-secondary education, studies show more Native students are attending school and staying there.
A 1991 Indian Affairs basic status report shows post-secondary enrolment by Native students jumped to 21,000 in 1991 from 16,.000 in 1989.
In similar studies,…
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A long white clapboard building sits empty and silent on the Alexis Reserve. Its boarded-up windows and neglected playground make it a sad site, but no tears are shed
on the reserve for what was once their federal school.
A short distance up the road in another building, the hubbub and chatter of young voices spill out into the art deco-colored hallways. The…
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A long white clapboard building sits empty and silent on the Alexis Reserve. Its boarded-up windows and neglected playground make it a sad site, but no tears are shed
on the reserve for what was once their federal school.
A short distance up the road in another building, the hubbub and chatter of young voices spill out into the art deco-colored hallways. The…
The Saskatchewan Indian Federated College faculty of Indian Education's on-campus program, which was established in 1988, placed its third group of third-year students in band schools in the fall of 1991.
Six students were placed in schools (including Moosomin School and Saulteaux School at Cochin, Standing Buffalo School and Kaniswapit School at Fort Qu'Appelle,
the Gordon…
The Saskatchewan Indian Federated College faculty of Indian Education's on-campus program, which was established in 1988, placed its third group of third-year students in band schools in the fall of 1991.
Six students were placed in schools (including Moosomin School and Saulteaux School at Cochin, Standing Buffalo School and Kaniswapit School at Fort Qu'Appelle,
the Gordon…
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As a Native educator, I am used to working on a day-to-day basis with our Native
youth. Every morning when I wake up, there outside my window lies the challenge of educating young minds. Not only is it the challenge of teaching these cherubs how to read, write and solve polynomial equations (of which I am sure there is no use), it is the challenge of helping our young ones…
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As a Native educator, I am used to working on a day-to-day basis with our Native
youth. Every morning when I wake up, there outside my window lies the challenge of educating young minds. Not only is it the challenge of teaching these cherubs how to read, write and solve polynomial equations (of which I am sure there is no use), it is the challenge of helping our young ones…