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EXCELLENCE THROUGH COGNIZANCE:
2006/05/13
Native American Art And Spirituality
2006 John W Friesen and Virginia Lyons Friesen
Cynthia Freeland, Professor of Philosophy of Art at the University of Houston, has published widely on topics in philosophy of art and film…
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INCULCATING INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE AND SPIRITUALITY:
2007/05/13
A Siksika (Blackfoot) Theory of Learning
2007 John W Friesen and Virginia Lyons Friesen
Cultural action is always a systematic and deliberate form of action which operates upon the social structure, either with the objective of preserving that structure or of transforming it…
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IS THERE JUSTICE AFTER HALF A CENTURY?
2005/05/13
Doukhobor Incarceration In British Columbia, 1953-1959
2005 John W Friesen
Canada has not always been kind to children of minority ethnocultural backgrounds, and government action in regard to children of the Sons of Freedom Doukhobor community…
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ORAL TRADITION IS ALIVE AND WELL:
2007/05/13
Living Literature In The Siksika (Blackfoot) Community
2007 John W Friesen and Virginia Lyons Friesen
Social scientists of various allegiances have long been acquainted with the Indigenous orientation to utilizing the oral tradition in passing along traditional cultural knowledge….
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STORY TELLING MAKES A COMEBACK:
2007/05/13
Aboriginal Contributions To The Teaching/Learning Process
2007 John W Friesen and Virginia Lyons Friesen
Everyone, young and old alike, likes a good story, especially stories that amuse as well as instruct….
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THE CONCEPT OF GIFTEDNESS IN A FIRST NATIONS CULTURAL CONTEXT
2004/05/13
2004 John W Friesen
Educators are continually discovering that techniques and strategies long considered reliable may need to be revamped in light of new cultural data…
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THE STONEY INDIAN LANGUAGE PROJECT
1990/05/09
Chapter 4 of Effective Language Education Practices and Native Language Survival (pp. 30-38)
1990 John W. Friesen, Clarice Kootenay, Duane Mark, edited by Jon Reyhner
The recent surge of interest in the teaching of heritage languages may be linked to a new understanding of and appreciation for Canada’s multicultural policy, namely that cultural…
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