American Indian Education: A HistoryIn this comprehensive history of American Indian education in the United States from colonial times to the present, historians and educators Jon Reyhner and Jeanne Eder explore the broad spectrum of Native experiences in missionary, government, and tribal boarding and day schools. This up-to-date survey is the first one-volume source for those interested in educational reform policies and missionary and government efforts to Christianize and “civilize” American Indian children. Drawing on firsthand accounts from teachers and students, American Indian Education considers and analyzes shifting educational policies and philosophies, paying special attention to the passage of the Native American Languages Act and current efforts to revitalize Native American cultures.
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... Indian schools were destroying the identity of the children they were supposed to serve. Among these were Indian Education: A National Tragedy, a National Challenge (1969), also known as the Kennedy Report, and critical examinations ...
... children and their grandpar- ents and cuts Indian people off from their heritage ( Ahenakew 1986 , 1 ) . Tribal heritage provides a sense of group membership and belong- ing that is especially important to Indian people in today's ...
... Indian schools were destroying the iden- tity of the children they were supposed to serve . Among these were Indian Education : A National Tragedy , a National Challenge ( 1969 ) , also known as the Kennedy Report , and critical ...
... children's education . Through ceremonies , storytelling , and apprenticeship , chil- dren learned the culture of their parents . Play was yet another means to educate Indian children . Some games , called " the little brother of war ...
... Children learned by observing and then mimicking their parents . The first European teachers of Indians were Christian missionaries who generally did not understand Indian ... Indian cleanliness and cere- monies , but they were even more ...
Contents
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Allotment and Dependency 18871924 | 81 |
Mission Schools | 112 |
Government Boarding Schools | 132 |
Students and Parents | 168 |
A New Deal 19241944 | 205 |
Termination and Relocation 19441969 | 232 |
SelfDetermination 19691989 | 251 |
Higher Education | 290 |
New Directions in Indian Education 19892003 | 308 |
Entering the TwentyFirst Century | 323 |
References | 331 |
Index | 357 |
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