American Indian Education: A HistoryUniversity of Oklahoma Press, 2006 - 370 pages In 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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... teachers . Still , its accomplishment seemed inevitable as over the course of four centuries foreign diseases and superior organiza- tion and weaponry took their toll on Native peoples . However , mis- sionaries , reformers , and teachers ...
... teachers saw the advantages of using Indian languages and recognized the gap between what Indians wanted and needed ... teaching methods and materials , including instruction and materials in the students ' Native languages . In the last ...
... teachers ' lounge , he overheard teachers complaining about their students . After using several " four- letter " words to describe his students , one teacher said , The thing that gets me most is they got no respect for anything . They ...
... teachers don't want to help us . They say , " Oh , no , there is another Indian asking a question " because they don't understand . So we stop asking questions . ( 1992 , 24 ) It was just like they [ teachers ] want to put us aside , us ...
... and insensitivity to Indian needs described in this book still exist . Teachers who go beyond teaching , who learn about their students ' cultures , can change their students ' lives for the better . Rather 12 INTRODUCTION.
Contents
Colonial Missionaries and Their Schools | 14 |
Treaties and Western Removal 17761867 | 40 |
Reservations 18671887 | 59 |
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 |
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American Indian Education: A History Jon Allan Reyhner,Jeanne M. Oyawin Eder No preview available - 2017 |