Documents on Indigenous Languages
In 2009, Canadian Heritage removed the Assembly of First Nations as a Third Party Manager for the Aboriginal Languages Initiative and no longer receives funding for this file. However, language activities are still being carried out by the AFN. On-going research continues on the critical importance of being educated in and having access to, Mother-Tongue Medium instruction, and linkages to international human rights instruments such as the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and others.
The AFN will continue to be an advocate for education in Mother-Tongue Medium and access to quality bilingual education.
Cultural Competency in First Nations Education
- Cultural Comptency Report
- Final Credits
- Final References - International
- Final References - Neuroscience
- Final References - Research Paradigms
Documents on Indigenous Languages:
- First Nations Inventory of First Nations Language Community Programs and Resources by First Nations Regions and Federacy Agency – including Best Practices. Prepared by Dr. Rose Alma McDonald, Katenies Research and Management Services, March 2011.
- First Nations Languages and Culture Impacts on Literacy and Student Achievement Outcomes: Review of the Literature. Prepared by Dr. Rose Alma McDonald, Katenies Research and Management Services, April 2011.
- Linguistic Decline and the Educational Gap: A Single Solution is Possible in the Education of Indigenous Peoples. Prepared by Dr. Andrea Bear Nicholas, St. Thomas University, Fredericton, NB, March 2009.
- Indigenous Children’s Education and Indigenous Languages. Expert paper written for the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. Magga, O.H., Nicolaisen, I., Trask, M., Skutnabb-Kangas, T., Dunbar, R. (n.d.).
- Indigenous Children’s Education as Linguistic Genocide and a Crime Against Humanity? A Global View. Skutnabb-Kangas, T. & Dunbar, R. In Gáldu Čála, Journal of Indigenous Peoples Rights, No. 1/2010.
