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Two Policy Approaches to Native Education: Can Reform be Legislated?

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Organization/ Author: Patrick Brady Lakehead University. 1995. Canadian Journal of Education 20(3)

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“The evolution of Canadian federal policy for Native elementary and secondary education has followed a pattern remarkably similar to that in the United States. A significant difference in the provision of educational services to indigenous peoples is, however, that whereas the United States has historically attempted to regulate and reform Native education through federal legislation, Canada has generally eschewed such a proactive strategy in favour of what Hall (1992) refers to as the "No Policy-Policy." In this article I examine the evolution of Native education policy in both countries to determine which approach has brought Native people closer to their desired goal of having control over their children's education.” (Abstract)