NATIVE AMERICAN RESOURCES
- Native American Journals & Lists
(courtsey of Nicole R. Bowman-Farrell, Mohican)
Mrs. Bowman-Farrell is the owner of Bowman Performance Consulting, LLC, which specializes in cultural and contexual research and evaluation studies. She is also a Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. Her work on the impact of research and evaluation policy on American Indian / Alaskan Native students is widely published. We thank her for sharing her resources.
- Indigenous Educational
Models for Contemporary
Practice :
In Our Mother's Voice
Indigenous Educational Models for Contemporary Practice: In Our Mother's
Voice gives meaning to Article 15 of the United Nations' Draft Declaration
of Indigenous Peoples Rights. The Declaration proclaims:Indigenous children have the right to all levels and forms of education of the State. All indigenous peoples also have this right and the right to establish and control their educational systems and institutions providing education in their own languages, in a manner appropriate to their cultural methods of teaching and learning. 1
1. "The United Nations Draft Declaration of Human Rights may be found in Alexander Ewen", Voice of Indigenous Peoples ( Santa Fe, New Mexico: Clear Light Publishers, 1994), p. 166. - Four Directions - An Indigenous Education Model
The Laguna Department of Education was the Lead Educational Agency for this project. The 4Directions community of learners consisted of 19 Bureau of Indian Affairs schools partnered with 11 private and public universities and organizations. Through technology, our community has been able to transcend geographic barriers and collaborate across the nation. Teachers and students use the Internet and World Wide Web to communicate and collaborate with 4D partners and other schools. 4Directions schools use technology to share in the diversity of various cultures and to ensure that the voices of Native people are heard in the emerging information age.