Aboriginal Focused Programs in Canada

More than a week ago, I got the following mention in Twitter:

This is actually a topic that I’ve discussed in the past on my Virtual School Meanderings blog, but never in a specific manner (i.e., various entries on the topic, but nothing that brings it all together).  So I promised Angela that I would post an entry last week about this, but the week just got away from me.

To the best of my knowledge there are four aboriginal focused K-12 online learning programs in Canada:

1. Keewaytinook Internet High School (Ontario)
2. Wapaskwa Virtual Collegiate (Manitoba)
3. Credenda Virtual School (Saskatchewan)
4. Sunchild E-Learning Community (Alberta)

In the past I have posted entries about reports that have been published focused on these programs:

• Report: Optimizing The Effectiveness Of E-Learning For First Nations
• Canadian Virtual School Focused On Aboriginal Students Received $2 Million Donation
• Follow-Up: Advancing Aboriginal Inclusion Through The Use Of E-Learning Technology In The Aboriginal Community
• Advancing Aboriginal Inclusion Through The Use Of E-Learning Technology In The Aboriginal Community
• Conference: Canada’s Aboriginal Virtual Schools and E-Learning

In addition, the last two editions of the State of the Nation: K-12 Online Learning in Canada reports have included content related to these aboriginal programs.

• 2010 edition
  • Brief Issue Paper – Keewaytinook Internet High School: Moving first Nation Students ahead with Technology in Ontario’s Remote North (pp. 14-17)
  • Vignette – Wapaskwa Virtual Collegiate (p. 46)
  • Vignette – Credenda Virtual High School (p. 48)
• 2009 edition
  • Vignette – Keewaytinook Internet High School (p. 30)

Beyond these four programs, there have been several publications and presentations focused upon the provision of K-12 distance education primarily to an aboriginal population in Canada:

• HICE 2011 – Motivation In High School Student Success: The Case Of Aboriginal E-Learners In Rural And Remote Canada
• HICE 2011 – Together@Distance: Online Learning In The Pan Arctic
• EDGE 2010 – The Conne River Project: Muinji’j Becomes A Man
• EDGE 2010 – Where Do We Go From Here? A Canadian Perspective On Aboriginal E‐Learning
• Article Notice – The Effectiveness Of Web-Delivered Learning With Aboriginal Students: Findings From A Study In Coastal Labrador
• SITE 2010: The Challenges of Improving Synchronous Web-based High School Course Delivery In Isolated Aboriginal Community Settings
• CSSE 2009: Web-based Learning In Aboriginal Schools: The Experience In Coastal Labrador

These are all of the K-12 online learning resources focused on Canada’s aboriginal population that I am aware of.  For those who have a more direct involvement in this community, am I missed any?

Also, for my readers south of the 49th parallel, are there any K-12 online learning programs or resources in the United States specifically focused on Native Americans?  I am aware of the Fort Washakie High School (FWHS)/Wyoming e-academy of Virtual Education (WeAVE), but that is really the only one that immediately comes to mind.