The Right to Education is the 2016 theme of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. Check out the following resources!
Assembly of First Nations
- Organization representing approximately 900,000 First Nations citizens in Canada. See the wide range of resources on education at http://www.afn.ca/en/policy-areas/education/resources-updates/research-reports-on-first-nations-education
Council of Ministers on Education
- The collective voice of Canada’s ministers of education. See the report Key Policy Issues in Aboriginal Education: An Evidence-Based Approach at http://www.cmec.ca/Publications/Lists/Publications/Attachments/295/Key-Policy-Issues-in-Aboriginal-Education_EN.pdf
Education Resource Information Centre (ERIC)
- From the US Department of Education. Available from https://eric.ed.gov/ ERIC is a free fulltext database of education research and information for educators, researchers, and the general public. To look up information on Indigenous Peoples, use the ERIC descriptors Indigenous Knowledge, Indigenous Populations, Canada Natives, Alaska Natives
Education Counts!
- From New Zealand’s Ministry of Education. See the numerous publications on Māori education at https://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/publications/maori
World Conference on Indigenous Education
- See the paper Education and Indigenous Peoples: Priorities for Inclusive Education at http://www.un.org/en/ga/president/68/pdf/wcip/IASG Thematic Paper_ Education - rev1.pdf