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"When Nookum comes to class, the kids give her a big hug. They don't even know her name.....It's just Nookum, which translates to Grandma," explained [Lindsay Shultz].
"The kids have a special relationship with her," said Shultz. "Elders are the most important people in Native culture, and Native kids, no matter the age, seem to understand this."It is time for the circle of sharing. The cultural aspect fixed into the common curriculum flows easily into the day's lessons, and children quickly form a circle around Shultz, some eager to tell a story. Shultz passes "the grandfather" to an eight-year-old girl named Harmony.See the full content of this document
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School Nurtures Aboriginal Culture in the Child
It's a chilly morning, and the buses arrive at the front of a sandstone building. The schoolyard quickly succumbs to scrambling children as they fly off the buses, coats undone and backpacks dragging on the gr...
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