McGregor examines social studies curricula from the point of transfer of responsibility for education to the Northwest Territories (1969-70) forward 30 years. She argues that the intention of all such curricula has been to be culturally responsive, but that this has been accomplished inconsistently. She adds the term culturally founded to refer to curricula developed by Aboriginal communities, and recommends that efforts to integrate these efforts continue. Dene Kede is the best effort toward culturally founded curriculum thus far, but requires more support for teachers, who must reconcile Dene Kede with other required social studies documents.

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McGregor, Catherine A. “Creating Able Human Beings: Social Studies Curriculum in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut, 1969 to the Present.” Historical Studies in Education Special Issue: Education North of 60 27, no. 1 (2015): 57-79.