This section of the Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples discusses education of Indigenous peoples in Canada. The chapter includes history, the status of reserves and remote communities, and the move towards culturally relevant curriculum. It provides regional overviews and discusses education in the Northwest Territories, including Dene Kede Curriculum.

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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples. “Volume 3: Gathering Strength, Chapter 5: Education” in Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (1996): 404-538.

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