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 * [[image:learningisoutthere/pebble circle.jpg width="175" height="128" align="center"]] || Indigenous Knowledge


 * Understanding the Learning Spirit - **

Learning is a journey to discover and understand what our spirit is set to accomplish. It is a search for inner knowledge came from the connections that they made with those physical and metaphysical elements in their territories and became the source of knowing that remains the core of Indigenous knowledge.

The Aboriginal Learning and Knowledge Centre published a report called, [|//Moving from the Head to the Heart//.] The report focuses on how to reclaim the learning spirit based on the past, present and future of Aboriginal education in Canada.


 * What is Indigenous knowledge? **

The holistic, practical, and common knowledge that has been gathered over thousands of years of observation and interaction with the land; it is passed on from generation to generation through practice, oral stories, dance, and art.

The primary source of Indigenous Knowledge is in Indigenous languages and teachings that make every child unique in his or her learning capacities, learning styles and knowledge bases. In Indigenous Knowledge, learning is viewed as sacred and holistic, as well as experiential, purposeful, relational and a lifelong responsibility. (Battiste & Henderson, 2009)

All learners learn through thier spirit, heart, mind and body, a part of creation and have a purpose driven by their spirit (Anuik, Battiste & George, 2008) media type="custom" key="23543038"

From UNESCO: Traditional indigenous knowledge includes any knowledge that generally: (a) is or has been created, acquired or inspired for traditional economic, spiritual, ritual, narrative, decorative or recreational purposes; and (b) is or has been transmitted from generation to generation; and (c) is regarded as pertaining to a particular traditional group, clan or community of people in [Enacting country]; and <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 180%;">(d) is collectively originated and held. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 180%;">traditional owners of traditional knowledge or expressions of culture means: <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 180%;">(a) the group, clan or community of people; or <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 180%;">(b) the individual who is recognized by a group, clan or community of people as the individual; <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 180%;">in whom the custody or protection of the traditional knowledge or expressions of culture are entrusted <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 180%;">in accordance with the customary law and practices of that group, clan or community. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 180%;">[|__http://www.forumsec.org.fj/resources/uploads/attachments/documents/PacificModelLaw,ProtectionofTKandExprssnsofCulture20021.pdf__]

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 180%;">The main themes within indigenous knowledge include:
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 180%;">Holistic approach (Education is focused on the whole person by balancing spiritual internal capacities with external society interactions.)
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 180%;">Understanding the Learning Spirit
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 180%;">Personal relationships - Elders, family to help guide spirit, (no travels learning path alone)
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 180%;">Creating Networks (Creating a network of societal relationships based on mutual respect.)
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 180%;">Self-mastery (Based on individual skills, competencies and abilities)
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 180%;">Community Based Learning and Support
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 180%;">Learning is a Journey

__<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 180%;">References: __ <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 180%;">Anuik, J.,Battiste, M. & George, P. (2010) Learning from Promising Programs and Applications in Nourishing the Learning Spirit. Canadian Journal of Native Education. 33 (1)

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 23px;">Barrett, Mary Jeanne (2010). Nourishing the Learning Spirit: Dialogue on Learning through Spirit. University of Saskatchewan, Aboriginal Education Research Centre, Saskatoon, Sask. and First Nations and Adult Higher Education Consortium, Calgary, Alta. Retrieved on.30/07/13 from

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<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 180%;">Battiste, M. (2002). Indigenous Knowledge and Pedagogy in First Nations Education, A literature Review with Recommendations. National Working Group on Education and the Minister of Indian Affairs, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC). Ottawa.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 180%;">Battiste, M.,Henderson, J., Youngblood, J. (2009). Naturalizing Indigenous Knowledge in Eurocentirc Education. Canadian Journal of Native Education. 32 (1)

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 180%;">Regional Framework for the Protection of Traditional Knowledge and Expressions of Culture. (2002) UNESCO. Retrieved from <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 180%;">[|__http://www.forumsec.org.fj/resources/uploads/attachments/documents/PacificModelLaw,ProtectionofTKandExprssnsofCulture20021.pdf__]

__<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 180%;">Resources: __ <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 180%;">What is First Nations Pedagogy?

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 180%;">This is part of a power point created by June Kaminiski for a BC Moodle Moot. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 180%;">

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 180%;">Resources: <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 180%;">[|First Nations Pedagogy.com]

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 180%;">[|First Nations Pedagogy.ca]