First Nations Perspectives: The Journal of the Manitoba First Nations Education Resource Centre
Volume 2 2009

Editor: Frank Deer
Production Assistants: Amber Green, Nicole Magne
© Manitoba First Nations Education Resource Centre 2009. All rights reserved.
ISSN 1916-2227

 

Dwayne Trevor Donald
University of Alberta

Abstract: In this article, I present critical insights gained from attentiveness to the significance of the fort as a mythic symbol deeply embedded within the Canadian national narrative that reinforces the troubling colonial divides that continue to characterize Aboriginal-Canadian relations.

 

 

Jacie Foy
Brandon University

Abstract: Indigenous pedagogy and andragogy can be utilized to inform Indigenous peoples of their specific ways of being, knowing and doing. Talk Story is an Indigenous teaching methodology that utilizes informal circle discussion to integrate individual contributions into collective thought and memory for learners involved.

 

 

Bonnie Stelmach
University of Saskatchewan

Abstract: Since non-Aboriginals and Aboriginals embrace different world views, some may claim—as Aboriginal participants in my study of parent involvement did—that non-Aboriginals seeking Aboriginal perspectives just don’t get it.

 

 

Angelina Weenie
First Nations University of Canada

Abstract: This article discusses the challenges of implementing Indigenous education from an Indigenous epistemological and ontological standpoint. It is intended as a contributing work toward an understanding of the use of Indigenous spiritual ecology, environmental perspectives, and metamorphic thinking in Indigenous education. A self-study inquiry approach is utilized to present possibilities for transformative Indigenous pedagogy and curriculum.

 

 

Wilfred Buck
Manitoba First Nations Education Resource Centre

Abstract: The following article will explore atchakosuk – the spirit lights up above. Ininewuk (Cree) mythology posits that constellations and stars that are prominent in the northern skies are understood through perspectives that are unique to the Ininewuk. For First Nations students and Ininewuk students in particular, it is important that the ancestral worldviews related to science are reflected in First Nations education in as prevalent a manner as those associated with Greek and Roman mythology. 

 

 

Reviewed by: Priscilla Settee and Brady Boehmer,
University of Saskatchewan

 

 

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