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The New Buffalo: The Struggle for Aboriginal Post-Secondary Education in Canada
University of Manitoba Press, 2006 eISBN: 978-0-88755-377-6 | Paper: 978-0-88755-693-7 Library of Congress Classification E96.2.S86 2006 Dewey Decimal Classification 378.1982997071
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
Post-secondary education, often referred to as “the new buffalo,” is a contentious but critically important issue for First Nations and the future of Canadian society. While First Nations maintain that access to and funding for higher education is an Aboriginal and Treaty right, the Canadian government insists that post-secondary education is a social program for which they have limited responsibility. In The New Buffalo, Blair Stonechild traces the history of Aboriginal post-secondary education policy from its earliest beginnings as a government tool for assimilation and cultural suppression to its development as means of Aboriginal self-determination and self-government. With first-hand knowledge and personal experience of the Aboriginal education system, Stonechild goes beyond merely analyzing statistics and policy doctrine to reveal the shocking disparity between Aboriginal and Canadian access to education, the continued dominance of non-Aboriginals over program development, and the ongoing struggle for recognition of First Nations run institutions. See other books on: Canada | Education (Higher) | Government relations | History | Indians of North America See other titles from University of Manitoba Press |
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The New Buffalo: The Struggle for Aboriginal Post-Secondary Education in Canada
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | TOC
University of Manitoba Press, 2006
eISBN: 978-0-88755-377-6
Paper: 978-0-88755-693-7
eISBN: 978-0-88755-377-6
Paper: 978-0-88755-693-7
Post-secondary education, often referred to as “the new buffalo,” is a contentious but critically important issue for First Nations and the future of Canadian society. While First Nations maintain that access to and funding for higher education is an Aboriginal and Treaty right, the Canadian government insists that post-secondary education is a social program for which they have limited responsibility. In The New Buffalo, Blair Stonechild traces the history of Aboriginal post-secondary education policy from its earliest beginnings as a government tool for assimilation and cultural suppression to its development as means of Aboriginal self-determination and self-government. With first-hand knowledge and personal experience of the Aboriginal education system, Stonechild goes beyond merely analyzing statistics and policy doctrine to reveal the shocking disparity between Aboriginal and Canadian access to education, the continued dominance of non-Aboriginals over program development, and the ongoing struggle for recognition of First Nations run institutions.
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | TOC
