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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... Parents 8. A New Deal , 1924-1944 vii ix 3 14 40 59 81 112 132 168 205 9. Termination and Relocation , 1944–1969 232 10. Self - Determination , 1969-1989 251 11. Higher Education 290 12. New Directions in Indian Education , 1989-2003 ...
... parents had ] been to school in their day , and what that usu- ally meant was a bad BIA boarding school . And all they remember about school is that there were all these Anglos trying to make them forget they were Apaches ; trying to ...
... parents . Play was yet another means to educate Indian children . Some games , called " the little brother of war , " taught boys the skills necessary to handle weapons and developed physical endurance . Pretty Shield described to Frank ...
... parents . The first European teachers of Indians were Christian missionaries who generally did not understand Indian ... parent strike a child . A whipped child loses courage , they said , and his soul withers and dwindles away until he ...
... parental influence far out- weighed the influence of missionaries . Since this frustrated their efforts at conversion to Christianity and the European way of life , missionaries soon sought to separate Indian children from their parents ...
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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