American Indian Education, 2nd Edition: A History
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| Rating | : | 4.31 (600 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0806157763 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 408 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-08-06 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
American Indian Education remains a major contribution to the field and a foundational text on the education experiences of Indian people.”—Matthew Sakiestewa Gilbert, author of Education beyond the Mesas: Hopi Students at Sherman Institute, 1902–1929 . “This wonderful revision to an already excellent book incorporates the latest scholarship on Indian education history and reframes the narrative to better address the issues facing Indian education today
The history of American Indian education from colonial times to the present is a story of how Euro-Americans disrupted and suppressed these common cultural practices, and how Indians actively pursued and preserved them.American Indian Education recounts that history from the earliest missionary and government attempts to Christianize and “civilize” Indian children to the most recent efforts to revitalize Native cultures and return control of schools to Indigenous peoples. But in childrearing, the different Indian societies had certain practices in common—including training for survival and teaching tribal traditions. Extensive firsthand testimony from teache