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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... early as 1928 , a government - sponsored investigation of the Interior Department's Indian Office ( renamed the Bureau of Indian Affairs in 1947 ) called for a school curriculum based on " local Indian life , or at least written within ...
... early age so they know who they are . Perhaps in this way we can inoculate them against the disease of gangs . Another characteristic that really makes a gang dis- tinctive is the language they speak . If we could transfer the young ...
... early on learned to speak Náhuatl , the language of the Aztecs , and to appreciate their culture . In 1536 , seventeen years before the University of Mexico was founded , he helped to establish the Colegio de Santa Cruz de Tlatelolco ...
... Early New Mexico and California The first permanent mission in New Mexico was founded in 1598. Over the next three centuries nearly three hundred Franciscans , thirty - eight of whom were killed by Indians , served in the Southwest ...
... Early Spanish mission efforts focused on reducción , the gathering of nomadic Indians onto a mission com- pound ruled by missionaries , as was practiced in Paraguay from 1610 to 1757. An unintended consequence of concentrating Indians ...
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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