American Indian Education, 2nd Edition: A History

Before Europeans arrived in North America, Indigenous peoples spoke more than three hundred languages and followed almost...
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Author: Jon Reyhner
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American Indian Education, 2nd Edition: A History by Reyhner, Jon

American Indian Education, 2nd Edition: A History

CHF 66.97

American Indian Education, 2nd Edition: A History

CHF 66.97
Author: Jon Reyhner
Format: Paperback
Language: English

Before Europeans arrived in North America, Indigenous peoples spoke more than three hundred languages and followed almost as many distinct belief systems and lifeways. But in childrearing, the different Indian societies had certain practices in common--including training for survival and teaching tribal traditions. The history of American Indian education from colonial times to the present is a story of how Euro-Americans disrupted and suppressed these common cultural practices, and how Indians actively pursued and preserved them.

American Indian Education recounts that history from the earliest missionary and government attempts to Christianize and "civilize" Indian children to the most recent efforts to revitalize Native cultures and return control of schools to Indigenous peoples. Extensive firsthand testimony from teachers and students offers unique insight into the varying experiences of Indian education.

Historians and educators Jon Reyhner and Jeanne Eder begin by discussing Indian childrearing practices and the work of colonial missionaries in New France (Canada), New England, Mexico, and California, then conduct readers through the full array of government programs aimed at educating Indian children. From the passage of the Civilization Act of 1819 to the formation of the Bureau of Indian Affairs in 1824 and the establishment of Indian reservations and vocation-oriented boarding schools, the authors frame Native education through federal policy eras: treaties, removal, assimilation, reorganization, termination, and self-determination. Thoroughly updated for this second edition, American Indian Education is the most comprehensive single-volume account, useful for students, educators, historians, activists, and public servants interested in the history and efficacy of educational reforms past and present.



Author: Jon Reyhner, Jeanne Eder
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 09/11/2020
Pages: 412
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.19lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780806157764

About the Author
Reyhner, Jon: -

Jon Reyhner is Professor of Education at Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff. He has taught on the Navajo Reservation and served as a school administrator for the Blackfeet, Fort Peck, Havasupai, White Mountain Apache, and other communities. He is editor of Teaching Indigenous Students: Honoring Place, Community, and Culture.

Eder, Jeanne: - Jeanne Eder (Dakota Sioux) is retired as Professor of History at the University of Alaska and is author of The Dakota Sioux and The Makah.

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