Ouellette outlines the history and goals of Aboriginal education and curricula, in part by surveying and assessing the (over 48) Aboriginal curricula currently in use in Canada. He also provides an overview of the debates surrounding Indigenous education, including the degree to which it should be integrated with existing Canadian institutions, and which level of government should control Indigenous curricula and their implementation. Within this dissertation, Ouellette assesses Dene Kedǝ curriculum. He estimates that 30% of the supplementary material promised for teacher support was missing at the time of writing, and that teachers also lacked clear guidelines for student assessment, objectives, and evaluation materials. He comments that while strong Dene values are clear throughout the Dene Kedǝ curriculum documents, they need more additional support and materials to be practical for teachers to implement. 

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Ouellette, Robert-Falcon. Evaluating Aboriginal Curricula using a Cree-Métis Perspective with a regard towards Indigenous knowledge. Doctoral Thesis, Université Laval, 2011.