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1.

Self-Determination and the Social Education of Native Americans » Read Now
by Guy B. Senese. 226 pgs.

Collections: History, Education, Entire Library

Self-determination, a crucial concept in American Indian social and educational policy and the force behind Indian policy programs, is assessed here and found wanting. The volume contends that many aspects of this policy impulse are contradictory. Senese, looking at an area largely neglected by...
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Self-determination, a crucial concept in American Indian social and educational policy and the force behind Indian policy programs, is assessed here and found wanting. The volume contends that many aspects of this policy impulse are contradictory. Senese, looking at an area largely neglected by scholars of American educational policy, explores the discrepancy between the rhetoric of self-determination and its reality in Native American social settings. This study is rigorous in its analysis of the development, implementation, and language of this policy and unique in its critical perspective.
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Education and the American Indian: The Road to Self-Determination since 1928 » Read Now
by Margaret Connell Szasz. 326 pgs.

Collections: History, Education, Entire Library

This revised edition provides an overview of American Indian/Alaska Native education from 1928 to 1998.
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A Place to Be Navajo: Rough Rock and the Struggle for Self-Determination in Indigenous Schooling » Read Now
by Fred Bia, Teresa L. McCarty. 229 pgs.

Collections: History, Education, Entire Library

A Place To Be Navajo is the only book-length ethnographic account of a revolutionary Indigenous self-determination movement that began in 1966 with the Rough Rock Demonstration School. Called Dine Bi'olta', The People's School, in recognition of its status as the first American Indian...
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A Place To Be Navajo is the only book-length ethnographic account of a revolutionary Indigenous self-determination movement that began in 1966 with the Rough Rock Demonstration School. Called Dine Bi'olta', The People's School, in recognition of its status as the first American Indian community-controlled school, Rough Rock was the first to teach in the Native language and to produce a body of quality children's literature by and about Navajo people. These innovations have positioned the school as a leader in American Indian and bilingual/bicultural education and have enabled school participants to wield considerable influence on national policy. This book is a critical life history of this singular school and community.
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Places of Memory: Whiteman's Schools and Native American Communities » Read Now
by Alan Peshkin. 150 pgs.

Collections: History, Education, Entire Library
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They Called it Prairie Light: The Story of Chilocco Indian School » Read Now
by K. Tsianina Lomawaima. 210 pgs.

Collections: History, Education, Entire Library

...ideal of Indian education reiterated...of Native Americans: I suppose...promote Native American rights and education began in...Office of Indian Affairs...educate American...
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American Indian Children at School, 1850-1930 » Read Now
by Michael C. Coleman. 230 pgs.

Collections: History, Education, Entire Library

Drawn from Native American autobiographical accounts, a study revealing white society's program of civilizing Indian schoolchildren.
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The Urban Indian Experience in America » Read Now
by Donald L. Fixico. 258 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

As the first ethnohistory of modern urban Indians, this perceptive study looks at Indians from many tribes living in cities throughout the United States. Fixico has had unparalleled access to Native Americans, particularly their contemporary oral tradition. Through first-hand observations...
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As the first ethnohistory of modern urban Indians, this perceptive study looks at Indians from many tribes living in cities throughout the United States. Fixico has had unparalleled access to Native Americans, particularly their contemporary oral tradition. Through first-hand observations, interviews, and conventional historical sources, he has been able to assess the major impact urbanisation has had on Indians and see how they have come to terms with both the negative and enriching aspects of living in cities. The result is an insightful and empathetic account of how Indian identity is sustained in cities. Fixico offers a new view of urban Indians, one centred on questions of how their modern identity emerges and perseveres. He shows how the corrosive effects of cultural alienation, alcoholism, poor health services, unemployment, and ghetto housing are slowly being overcome, particularly since the 1970s. After fifty years of urban experiences, Native Americans living in cities are better able today than at any other time to balance tradition and modernity.
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American Indians and Federal Aid » Read Now
by Alan L. Sorkin. 228 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library
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The Great Father: The United States Government and the American Indians, Vol. 1 » Read Now
by Francis Paul Prucha. 1310 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

'The author's detailed analysis of two centuries of federal policy makes The Great Father indispensable reading for anyone interested in understanding the complexities of American Indian policy.' - Journal of American History.
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Seven More Mountains and a Map: Overcoming Obstacles to Reform in Native American Schools, in Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk » Read Now
by Roland G. Tharp, Hayes Lewis, Ruth Hilberg. 21 pgs.

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...community school . Journal of American Indian Education , 33(3), 31-46. Ellis...follow-up study . Journal of American Indian Education , 34(2), 18-26...
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Minorities in Higher Education (Chap. 13 "Higher Education Issues in Native American Communities") » Read Now
by Manuel J. Justiz, Reginald Wilson, Lars G. Bjork. 385 pgs.

Collections: Education, Entire Library
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Life on the Other Side: Native Student Survival in a University World, in PJE. Peabody Journal of Education » Read Now
by Carol Barnhardt. 25 pgs.

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...UAF Examples: American Indian Science and...Alaska Native Education Student Association...Washington, DC: American Council on Education. Jones-Sparck...at Mokakit Indian...
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Secondary School, Family, and Educational Risk: Comparing American Indian Adolescents and Their Peers, in Journal of Educational Research » Read Now
by Ann Marie Machamer, Enid Gruber. 13 pgs.

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...Ameri cans". Journal of American Indian Education, 23 ( 1), 15-22. Coley...Eberhard, D. R. ( 1989 ). "American Indian education:" A study of dropouts, 1980-1987 . Journal...