Indigenous Education and Empowerment

International Perspectives

Ismael Abu-Saad, Duane Champagne

• Publisher: AltaMira Press
• Year: 2006
• eBook ISBN: 9780759114395
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Comparative Education
• Index: Social Sciences

Indigenous people have often been confronted with education systems that ignore their cultural and historical perspectives. Largely unsuccessful projects of assimilation have been the predominant outcome of indigenous communities' encounters with state schools, as many indigenous students fail to conform to mainstream cultural norms. This insightful volume is an important contribution to our understanding of indigenous empowerment through education. The contributors to this volume work in the fields of education, social development and community empowerment among indigenous communities around the world. Their essays create a new foundation for implementing specialized indigenous/minority education worldwide, and engage the simultaneous projects of cultural preservation and social integration. This work will be vital for scholars in Native American studies, ethnic studies, and education.

Table of contents

• Contemporary Native American Communities - Stepping Stones to the Seventh Generation
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction - Seeking Common Ground Through Education
• 1 - Athabaskan Education
• 2 - Four Directions for Indian Education
• Appendix A - Statement of Vision Toward the Next 500 Years From the Gathering of United Indigenous People At the Parliament of World Religions, Chicago, Illinois, 1993
• Appendix B - Complexities of Cultural History and Indigenous Identity
• Appendix C - Todd County School District—Lakota Studies Standards
• Appendix D - Indigenous D/Lakota-Euro-American Comparative Structures
• Appendix E - Genocide and Culturicide of Native Nations: Teaching Models
• 3 - Deconstructing Captivities Indigenous Women Reshaping Education and Justice
• 4 - Decolonizing Athabaskan Education
• 5 - Hear the Silenced Voices and Make that Relationship
• 6 - Identity Formation among Indigenous Youth in Majority-Controlled Schools
• 7 - Education, Culture, and Nation Building
• 8 - TalanoaMālie
• 9 - Articulating Indigenous People’s Culture in Education
• Index
• About the Contributors