Foreword / Rita Bouvier Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: The Legacy of Forced Assimilative Education for Indigenous Peoples Chapter 3: Mi'kmaw Education: Roots and Routes Blending Mi'kmaw knowledge with Catholic knowledge Nova Scotia's Intervention in Mi'kmaw Education Canada's Intervention 1. Planting Out 2. Indian Residential Schools 3. Centralization Policy 4. Fiscal Transfers from Canada to Provinces 5. White Paper Policy on Equality 6. Indian Control of Indian Education Policy 7. Canada's Apology Chapter 4: Creating the Indigenous Renaissance Collaborative Conscientization Indigenous Methodologies Constitutional Reconciliation Establishing Transformative Principles in UN Law 1.

International Labour Organization Convention 169, Concerning Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Independent Countries (1989) 2. UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (2007) Mi'kmaw Reform of Education 1. Mi'kmawey School: Bilingual Education 2. Mi'kmaw Kina'matnewey 3. Mi'kmaw Immersion The Blessed New Stories Chapter 5: Animating Ethical Trans-Systemic Education Systems Generating an Ethical Space for Decolonization Decolonizing the Humanities Decolonizing Science Conclusion Chapter 6: Confronting and Eliminating Racism The Confrontation with Racism Cognitive Construction of Racism Manifestation of Hate Ideologies Chapter 7: Respecting Aboriginal Languages in Education Systems Aboriginal Language Learners The Language Crisis and Planning for Change Stabilizing Aboriginal Languages: The Challenge Complexity and Complementarity in Finding Solutions Conclusion 1. Measuring outcomes 2. Success of Immersion 3. ALP planning 4.

Ongoing systematic evaluation Chapter 8: Displacing Cognitive Imperialism Chapter 9: Recommendations for Constitutional Reconciliation of Education Recommendations for Constitutional Reconciliation 1. Affirm Canada's Commitment to Indigenous Knowledge 2. Recognize and Affirm Aboriginal and Treaty Rights as Creating Constitutional Educational Jurisdictions 3. Affirm Aboriginal Lifestyles and Intergenerational Use of Indigenous Knowledge 4. Affirm Aboriginal Teachings of Next Generations within Place 5. Develop and Support Indigenous Knowledge Innovations in Educational Institutions 6. Develop Opportunities to Learn in Order to Teach 7. Create new certification and standard setting for First Nations schools 8.

Encourage Research and Innovations in Classroom Work 9. Adopt Principles and Guidelines for Respectful Protocols 10. Implement the UN Human Rights Covenants and the Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 11. Implement the International Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 12. Protect Indigenous Knowledge and Heritage 13. Support First Nations' Capacity to Oversee Use of Indigenous Knowledge 14. Develop Research and Capacity Building in Indigenous Knowledge and Pedagogy Chapter 10: Possibilities of Educational Transformations Recognizing and Affirming the Learning Spirit Postcolonial Post-Secondary Education Indigenous Self-Determination References Index.