Indigenous Navigator: Innovating Indigenous Education through the Small Grants Facility

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 3
LIST OF ACRONYMS 5
LIST OF TABLES 7
LIST OF FIGURES 7
INTRODUCTION - IS EDUCATION A RELEVANT TOPIC FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES? 8
1. EDUCATION IN THE INDIGENOUS NAVIGATOR 12
1.1. What frames education within the Indigenous Navigator? 12
1.2. What do the Indigenous Navigator data say about Indigenous education? 14
1.3. How does the Indigenous Navigator transform the data collected into action? 18
TRENDS: Effects of COVID-19 on Indigenous education and community responses 21
2. INNOVATING INDIGENOUS EDUCATION THROUGH THE SMALL GRANTS FACILITY 22
2.1. Minimising obstacles to quality education access without discrimination 22
2.2. Developing bilingual and intercultural teaching materials and methods based on
indigenous knowledge, practices and technologies 24
TRENDS: Intercultural bilingual education in Latin America 28
2.3. Updating the skills and knowledge of Indigenous teachers 28
2.4. Increasing intergenerational knowledge transfer from Indigenous elders to youth 30
TRENDS: Towards the 2022-2032 International Decade of Indigenous Languages 32
2.5. Engaging with governments for recognition and official use of Indigenous languages 33
TRENDS: Towards an “inclusive, sustainable and resilient future” 36
CONCLUSION 37