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Ncdhem Afdn Can& (INAC), bmdy kmrm as the Deparment of Indian and
N o m Amin (DMD) (Friedman 6 Frisdmm. 1981). Tcday R h advocated
W tha mncapt of lsamii must incorporate hadiil pcindplw UIUI enhance
cultural idmlily, a maprshmlfdl of the E w n educational syrtan for Nalive
paoplas (YeHm Bird. 19SU).
~cutdrconday EduuHon for Aborigid -*o
Hiaoricaliy high education hus teen on of exhision and fcimd
essMhlh (Carnie Faundoion farme Advancement ofleeching. 1BBO;
Wright 6 rmm, imi). Ths first Canadian gwemment h i i to encarrage
Aboriginal people to pmue post-wamday aducalion began in the 1950's;
however, Rwas only emfdd to rtatus Nalive and IW peoples punuing
vaaWrd and skilla6ldas (raining (SWhg CMnmimn, on Abo*inal Affairs.
1989).
In the USA. &mi@al higher edwatim tmgm with the CiM Rights
Movement in the mid to lab 1 W s, nhich raised iswas of equal access and
Mrmalive a& (IWvdl. lmi). In Canads, equW pmgrams and Afimve
Ach raw (ho dwsiomm offedmlly funded prcgrans and academic
wrams, such as Native teaclmrtrdnig and Nalive Wies poprams.
Securing federal fundii for minuation oflhsse pograrns and ohas has bsen
dim- Before 1979 fe&d fundii intmdd far education was used ekewhere
dspendikg on depmant nead and reaaunas, &n not on education. his
mhw ended in 1979 when (ho F M govmrnsnt funding inlislivas became