Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword vii
4. Acknowledgments x
5. Introduction xi
6. A Journey through History: Pursuing the Promise
7. Towards a Shared Understanding in the Policy Discussion about Aboriginal Education 3
8. Aboriginal Languages and Communications: Voicing the Promise
9. Voices of Winter: Aboriginal Languages and Public Policy in Canada 29
10. The State of Aboriginal Literacy and Language Education 55
11. Telling Our Own Stories: The Role, Development, and Future of Aboriginal Communications 76
12. Innovations in Education Practice: Renewing the Promise
13. Culturally Negotiated Education in First Nations Communities: Empowering Ourselves for Future Generations 101
14. Honouring Our Past, Creating Our Future: Education in Northern and Remote Communities 114
15. Urban Aboriginal Education: The Vancouver Experience 129
16. The Information Legacy of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples 147
17. Issues of Pedagogy in Aboriginal Education 156
18. Post-Secondary Education: Negotiating the Promise
19. Métis Post-Secondary Education: A Case Study of the Gabriel Dumont Institute 176
20. First Nations House of Learning: A Continuity of Transformation 190
21. First Nations-Controlled University Education in Canada 208
22. Electronic Highways, Electronic Classrooms: Distance Education in Canada 224
23. Conclusion: Fulfilling the Promise 251
24. Appendix: Recommendations of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples Regarding Education 256
25. Contributors 267
26. Index 272