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Keep Us Coming Back for More: Aboriginal Youth Speak… A Celebration of Indigenous Knowledge

Keep Us Coming Back for More: Aboriginal Youth Speak… A Celebration of Indigenous Knowledge. Location-Who I am. Summary. “Keep Us Coming Back For More”: Aboriginal Youth Speak about Indigenous Knowledge and Wholistic Education

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Keep Us Coming Back for More: Aboriginal Youth Speak… A Celebration of Indigenous Knowledge

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  1. Keep Us Coming Back for More: Aboriginal Youth Speak…A Celebration of Indigenous Knowledge

  2. Location-Who I am

  3. Summary “Keep Us Coming Back For More”: Aboriginal Youth Speak about Indigenous Knowledge and Wholistic Education • Gain insight into the experiences of Aboriginal youth who were participating in Aboriginal youth organizations in Vancouver, B.C.

  4. Why • Few studies have focused on community based education in Vancouver urban Aboriginal community. Even less studies included youth voices on this matter. • Counter pathologizing discourses. Who • Experts: Ben, Courtenay, Cloudy Days, Leo, Dimicia, Tyrone, Jimmy, Jerry Adams • Urban Native Youth Association, Knowledgeable Aboriginal Youth Association, Broadway Youth Resource Centre, Aboriginal Community Policing Centre

  5. Where I am Coming From • Important that research is reciprocal, relevant, responsible & respectful of Aboriginal communities (Kirkness & Barnhardt, 1991) • Relational accountability to my family, community, living & spiritual world. • Value perspectives of non-Indigenous allies How • Sharing Circle with 8 Aboriginal youth & Elder • Interviews with 6 Aboriginal Youth • Interview with Elder Guide (Jerry Adams) • Key Teachings from Raven (Trickster) • Community Gathering to Honour Youth & Elder

  6. What the Youth Had to Say About IK • IK is Important! • IK is Wholistic • IK is a Process • IK is Expressed in Multiple Ways

  7. Important Role that Aboriginal Youth Organizations Have in Education • “I Keep Coming Back” • Helps Connect with Aboriginal Cultures • Wholistic Education • Some Improvements

  8. Youth Design Their Own Aboriginal Organizations • Ask Elders • Offer a Wholistic Range of Activities • Connect with the Land • Leadership • Hire Older Youth to Mentor • A Mix of Traditional & Modern Programming

  9. Knowledge Mobilization

  10. Aboriginal Youth Speak…A Celebration of Indigenous Knowledge

  11. Next Steps • A National Research Conference on Urban Aboriginal Peoples

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