Title: American Indian/First Nations schooling : from the Colonial period to the present /
Authors: Glenn, Charles Leslie, 1938-
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan,
Year: 2011
Subjects: Indians of North America Education.; Indians of North America Government relations.; Education and state North America History.; Church and education North America History.; Racism in education North America History.; Discrimination in education North America History.; EDUCATION Students & Student Life.; Teaching of specific groups & persons with special educational needs.; Education.; Church and education; Discrimination in education; Education and state; Indians of North America Education.; Indians of North America Government relations; Politics and government; Race relations; Racism in education; North America Race relations.; North America Politics and government.
Abstract: "Tracing the history of Native American schooling in North America, this book emphasizes factors in society at large--and sometimes within indigenous communities--which led to Native American children being separate from the white majority. Charles Glenn examines the evolving assumptions about race and culture as applied to schooling, the reactions of parents and tribal leadership in the United States and Canada, and the symbolic as well as practical role of indigenous languages and of efforts to maintain them"--
Contents: Machine generated contents note: -- The present Situation * Assumptions about Race * Making Christians * Wards of Government * The 'Five Civilized Nations' * Churches as Allies and Agents of the State * Decline of the Partnership of Church and State * Separate Education Institutionalized * Problems of Residential Schools * Self-Help and Self-Governance * Indian Languages and Cultures * Navajo, Cree, and Mohawk * Continued Decline of Indian Languages * Indians in Local Public Schools * Have We Learned Anything?