Native Education in Canada and the Provinces

A guide to finding library information: University of Alberta

Resources available:

• Finding Books
• Finding Journal Articles 
  • CBCA Fulltext Education provides Canadian education content. Suggested headings include:
    • Inuit
    • Native Students
    • Multicultural Education
    • Native Studies
    • Native Education
    • Native Teachers
    • Native Schools
  • Selected Journal Titles 

Links to other sites:

• Finding Internet Resources:
  • For Internet resources visit our Indigenous and First Nations Education Web Resources page at
    http://www.library.ualberta.ca/subject/education/nativeweb/index.cfm.
• The Canadian Circumpolar Library (Cameron Library) is open to anyone interested in the subject of the north and northern peoples. They subscribe to northern and native journals and newspapers. They also house books, films and curriculum materials.

• American Indian Culture and Research Journal 
  U of A Rutherford Library, Call Number: E 75 A515 (1974+)

• American Indian Quarterly
  U of A Rutherford Library, Call Number: E 75 A525 (1974+)
  Internet access through Project Muse (2000+)
  Internet access through Academic Search Premier (1990+) 

• Anthropologica 
  U of A Rutherford Library, Call Number: GN 1 A62 (1955+)  
  Internet access through CBCA FullText Reference (1993+)

• Anthropology and Education Quarterly
  U of A Rutherford Library, Call Number: LB 45 C856 (1977+) 

• Canadian Journal of Native Education
  U of A Coutts Library, Call Number: LC 2629 I382 (1980+)  

• Canadian Journal of Native Studies – fulltext from 1981-1996
  U of A Rutherford Library, Call Number: E 97 C23 (1981+) 

• Journal of American Indian Education – fulltext from Volume 1 (1961-62) to Volume 35 (1995-96)
  U of A Coutts Library, Call Number: E 97 J86 (1966+)

• Native Americas: Akwe:kon’s Journal of Indigenous Issues
  U of A Rutherford Library, Call Number: E 75 N38 (2001+) 

• Native Studies Review – abstracts from 1984-2000
  U of A Rutherford Library, Call Number: E 78 P7 N278 (1984+) 

• Wicazo sa Review
  U of A Rutherford Library, Call Number: E 75 W633 (1985+)
  Internet access through Project Muse (2000+) 

Usefulness for research on Indigenous knowledge, media, and community reality:

This site offers access to scholarly research concerning indigenous nations accross Canada. I particularly like their “Indigenous and First Nations Education Web Resources” section:

• Canadian Resources on Native Education
• American Resources on Native Education 
  Databases 
• Indigenous Knowledge 
• Indigenous Languages and Oral Histories 
• Residential Schools in Canada

These links are very rich in dependable resources. I recommend this site for excellent research papers and documents.

Address: http://www.library.ualberta.ca/subject/education/native/index.cfm

First Nations / American Indian / Native People / Aboriginal Media

Initiated by the Turtle Islan Native Network: a site where you will find numerous aboriginal cultures represented through their own media.

Resources available:

• National Native news
• Aboriginal Peoples television network
• Cherokee Youth Native ration theatre
• Metis radio
• First nations languages (information on many different dialects)

Links to other sites:

• Directory of Native radio (USA)
• Storyteller Native radio
• Northern Native Broadcast Access program
• CTV First Story (Canada)
• UN radio

Usefulness for research on Indigenous knowledge, media, and community reality:

This site offers an impressive compilation of Firts nations, Aboriginal and Native peoples’s traditional and contemporary writings; communciations and media channels (radio, tv and online); books; films and other publications.

The most interesting aspect of this site is that it presents media that portray Natives as they wish to be seen. Not as other media conglomerates may want to depict them. What an opportunity to experience native cultures in a more authentic manner!

Address: http://www.turtleisland.org/news/news-media.htm