American Indian/First Nations schooling [electronic resource] : from the Colonial period to the present / Charles L. Glenn.
"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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Language: | English |
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New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2011.
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Edition: | 1st ed. |
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Variant Title: |
American Indian/First Nations Schooling: From the Colonial Period to the Present |
Format: | Electronic eBook |
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?