Indigenous People


Working Group

Barb Carlson, Canada
Carolyn Codopony, United States, Comanche Nation
Dallas Pettigrew, United States, Cherokee Nation
Deserea Quintana, United States
Jackie Bennett, Australia
Karen Anderson, Australia
Karma Gayleg, Bhutan
Kim Nall, United States, Colusa Indian Community

Larry Railton, Canada
Margo Greenwood, Canada
Martine Pitt, Australia
Monica Sayad, United States
Nila Rinehart, United States, Teey Hi’T Taan clan of Tlingit Nation
Tere Gilbert, New Zealand
TJ Skalski, Canada

Liaison:  Laurie Hand, United States

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Mission

To contribute to a global awareness that values the engagement of Indigenous vision of education.

Webinar: Indigenous Perspectives on Early Childhood

Resources

Indigenous Early Care and Education Understandings and Perspectives

The following understandings have been gathered and summarized by the Indigenous People’s Action Group.

The Critical Role of Early Educators in Sustaining Endangered Languages and Cultures

by Barb Carlson, Carolyn Codopony, Karma Gayleg, and Tere Gilbert

Stories and perspectives from Bhutan, Canada, the United States and New Zealand demonstrate the importance, challenges and strategies related to preserving diverse languages and cultures, and the unique role that early education can play in that process.

Article provided by Exchange Magazine

Indigenous Children’s Rights: Equality, Inclusion, Human Development

By Martha Llanos, PhD. A presentation to the World Forum Foundation, May 2011

From Coloured Blocks to Rabbit Snares

“From Coloured Blocks to Rabbit Snares,” an article by Libby Stoker-Lavelle in Cottage North magazine, features our own Barb Carlson discussing ways they’ve transformed their early childhood education training courses to include a greater focus on indigenous culture integration

Design and Nature: Considerations from the Indigenous People’s Action Group

Considerations on Nature and Design from the Indigenous People’s Action Group

“Place the Children’s Hands on the Earth”

By Peggy McCloud, with Scott Bilstad and Sara Gilliam (Exchange Magazine, Nov/Dec 2018)

With the help of strong connections to nature and the land, language and culture thrive at Grandview Early Learning Center, Puyallup Tribe of Indians, Washington, United States.

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“Systems Building and Early Care in a Rural Native American Community”

by Kim Nall (Exchange Magazine, March/April 2017)

Partnerships with federal and state programs, professional and cultural associations, and especially the local community and families are key to success for the Colusa Indian Community’s Hand-in-Hand Early Learning Center in California, United States.

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