American Indian/First Nations schooling : from the Colonial period to the present / Charles L. Glenn.

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"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...

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Main Author: Glenn, Charles Leslie, 1938-
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Indigenous peoples of North America > Education.
Indigenous peoples 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.
North America > Race relations.
North America > Politics and government.
Physical Description:ix, 238 pages ; 22 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • 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 schooling 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?