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The Niichii Project: Revitalizing Indigenous Language in Northern Canada
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Peterson, Shelley Stagg; Manitowabi, Yvette; Manitowabi, Jacinta – TESOL in Context, 2021
Two Anishnabek kindergarten teachers discuss four principles of Indigenous pedagogies in a project with a university researcher that created a context for children to engage in activities to learn their Anishnabek language and culture, and create positive identities. The university researcher sent a rabbit puppet named Niichii (Friend), who was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Native Language, Indigenous Populations, Native Language Instruction
Elder Teachers Gather at Manitou Api, Manitoba: Igniting the Fire, Gathering Wisdom from All Nations
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Christensen, Rosemary; Poupart, Lisa M. – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2012
Elders gather to teach, discuss, and pass on oral traditional knowledge to the younger people. This discussion takes place over a four-day period according to the request of and procedural direction provided by Elders. The procedures and teachings are provided in order to share indigenous oral teachings; an attempt to share aspects of oral…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Culturally Relevant Education
Orality for All: An Imaginative Place-Based Approach to Oral Language Development
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Fettes, Mark – Language Awareness, 2013
This paper reports on an innovative approach to oral language development in one British Columbia elementary school, in the context of a larger-scale research project aimed at building cultural inclusive classrooms through the development of imaginative teaching practices. A number of approximately three-week units were designed to lead students…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Research Design
Community-Based Indigenous Digital Storytelling with Elders and Youth
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Iseke, Judy; Moore, Sylvia – American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 2011
Indigenous digital storytelling and research are as much about the process of community relationships as they are about the development of digital products and research outcomes. Indigenous researchers, digital storytelling producers, and academics work in different communities with research collaborators who are indigenous community members,…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Story Telling, Indigenous Populations, Oral Tradition
"They Tell a Story and There's Meaning behind That Story": Indigenous Knowledge and Young Indigenous Children's Literacy Learning
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Hare, Jan – Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 2012
This research draws on the reflections from group discussions with indigenous families and interviews with early childhood educators and community stakeholders from five First Nations reserve communities in Canada whose young children participate in the national aboriginal Head Start On Reserve (AHSOR) programme. The purpose of the study was to…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Outcomes of Education, Stakeholders, Literacy Education
Indigenous Knowledges in Global Contexts: Multiple Readings of Our World.
Dei, George J. Sefa, Ed.; Hall, Budd L., Ed.; Rosenberg, Dorothy Goldin, Ed. – 2000
Indigenous knowledges encompass the cultural traditions, values, and belief systems concerned with the everyday realities of living in a particular place. They are imparted to the younger generation by community elders or are gained through direct experience of nature and its relationship with the social world. This collection of essays discusses…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indians, Canada Natives, Cultural Interrelationships