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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 public school board program consultant Gloria Chalmers.

"If they did, we would be able to look at the progress of the student...but it would be completely voluntary."

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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 public school board program consultant Gloria Chalmers.

"If they did, we would be able to look at the progress of the student...but it would be completely voluntary."

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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, departmental records show post-secondary enrolment for Native students in Alberta has jumped to 2,417 from 1,478 five years ago.

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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, departmental records show post-secondary enrolment for Native students in Alberta has jumped to 2,417 from 1,478 five years ago.

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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 children are breaking for lunch at the reserve's new $3 million school.

The two-year-old sandy brick building, with a stylized red tipi incorporated into

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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 children are breaking for lunch at the reserve's new $3 million school.

The two-year-old sandy brick building, with a stylized red tipi incorporated into

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 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,

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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 develop skills that will help them to one day face the "real world".

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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 develop skills that will help them to one day face the "real world".