First Nations Post Secondary Education in Canada: A University Perspective

加拿大第一民族後高中教育─一個大學觀點取向的論述

10.29910/TJIS.200909.0006

Charles E. Pratt

原住民族教育 ； 條約教育權 ； 第一民族 ； 加拿大 ； Aboriginal education ； Treaty Right to education ； First Nations ； Canada

台灣原住民族研究季刊

2卷3期（2009 / 09 / 01）

133 - 147

英文

此篇文章是以權利條約內容中有關教育議題的瞭解，提出一個前衛觀點來看加拿大原住民的教育。條約內容是指在二個或二個以上的主權民族之間有約束力的協議。此權利條約是在第一民族與英格蘭皇室之間協商談判，且內容涉及到整個加拿大政府。第一民族目標是希望能夠得到加拿大政府提供保證來說明並解釋權利條約的本質以及在教育內第一民族固有的權力。

This paper puts forward a perspective on Aboriginal education in Canada based on an understanding of the Treaty Right to Education. First Nations in Canada, specifically those of us in Saskatchewan are, for the most part, Treaty people. Treaties are binding agreements between two or more sovereign nations. Treaties were negotiated between the First Nations and the Crown of England through the Government of Canada in which First Nations opened up the land for settlement, thereby creating Canada as a nation in exchange for certain rights and benefits. The First Nations objectives in Treaty making in Canada provides a context for interpreting the nature of the Treaty Right and the inherent authority in Education.

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