ABSTRACT
The native teacher education programmes in Canada generally, and the Saskatchewan Indian Federated College model of off-campus component specifically may be applicable to other indigenous settings. More identified in a survey of native teacher education programmes a variety of unique aspects of some of the various programmes offered in Canada. This chapter promotes the idea that the training of indigenous people as teachers is a priority to those groups that have been oppressed, those that face assimilation of a traditional culture, those that live in poverty, or those that do not live in full equality with the general population. The model discussed is one that, with modification and adaptation to local needs, can be implemented in a variety of situations both in the Third World and in more highly developed population. The chapter suggests that the Canadian model of offering teacher preparation programmes for the Indian and Inuit people of Canada has proven successful in this country.
