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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... forced on them in schools. The civil rights movement that began after World War II has focused the attention of political activists and researchers on the desires and needs of all American minorities and has led to a number of studies ...
... forced onto less desirable reservation lands not immediately wanted by frontier settlers . Predictions of the Indians ' ultimate demise led to the popularity of the term " Vanishing American " in the nineteenth century . Many ...
... forced assimilation , including efforts to maintain tribal languages and cultures . Sequoyah , a Cher- okee , developed a syllabary in the early 1800s so that his people could write their own language . The tribe started its own ...
... forced to speak only Eng- lish and sometimes had their mouths washed out with soap for speak- ing their Native languages . Many Indians felt that the loss of their lan- guage was one of the most critical problems they faced , for it ...
... forced on them in schools . The civil rights movement that began after World War II has focused the attention of political activists and researchers on the desires and needs of all American minorities and has led to a number of studies ...
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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