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An Insider's Perspective: The Dropout Challenge For Canada's First Nations, Patricia Ann Makokis Edd
An Insider's Perspective: The Dropout Challenge For Canada's First Nations, Patricia Ann Makokis Edd
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This modified case study honors the voices of 21 Cree participants, including nine students, six parents, four community leaders and two Elders. This study, written from an insider's perspective, identified more than 50 reasons why First Nations students dropped out of three provincial high schools located in northern Alberta, Canada. The results were collapsed into several categories that can best be generalized as resulting from the effects of colonization. Canada's First Nations have a long history of oppression, colonization, and the resultant soul wounds. The four participant groups collectively identified five common themes why students dropped out of provincial high …