American Indian education : counternarratives in racism, struggle, and the law /
American Indian culture and traditions have survived an unusual amount of oppressive federal and state educational policies intended to assimilate Indian people and destroy their cultures and languages. Yet, Indian culture, traditions, and people often continue to be treated as objects in the classr...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Routledge,
2008
New York : 2008 |
| Series: | Critical educator
The critical educator Critical educator |
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| Summary: | American Indian culture and traditions have survived an unusual amount of oppressive federal and state educational policies intended to assimilate Indian people and destroy their cultures and languages. Yet, Indian culture, traditions, and people often continue to be treated as objects in the classroom and in the curriculum. Using a critical race theory framework and a unique "counternarrative" methodology, American Indian Education explores a host of modern educational issues facing American Indian peoples-from the impact of Indian sports mascots on students and communities, to the uses and abuses of law that often never reach a courtroom, and the intergenerational impacts of American Indian education policy on Indian children today. By interweaving empirical research with accessible composite narratives, Matthew Fletcher breaches the gap between solid educational policy and the on-the-ground reality of Indian students, highlighting the challenges faced by American Indian students and paving the way for an honest discussion about solutions |
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| Item Description: | This WorldCat-derived record is shareable under Open Data Commons ODC-BY, with attribution to OCLC |
| Physical Description: | xi, 223 p. ; 23 cm xi, 223 p. ; 24 cm xi, 223 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-217) and index Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-217) and index Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0203895649 (ebk) 0203895649 (ebk.) 0203895649 (ebook) 0203895649 0415957346 (cloth : alk. paper) 0415957346 (hb : alk. paper) 0415957346 (hbk) 0415957346 0415957354 (paper : alk. paper) 0415957354 (pb : alk. paper) 0415957354 (pbk) 0415957354 9780203895641 (ebk.) 9780203895641 (ebook) 9780203895641 9780415957342 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780415957342 (hb : alk. paper) 9780415957342 9780415957359 (paper : alk. paper) 9780415957359 (pb : alk. paper) 9780415957359 |