American Indian Education: A HistoryAmerican Indian Education is the first comprehensive history of American Indian education from colonial times to the present. Authors Jon Reyhner and Jeanne Eder draw on firsthand accounts from teachers and students to explore the broad spectrum of Native experiences in missionary, government, and tribal boarding and day schools; to reveal the effects of changes in government policies and educational philosophies; and to explore the current resurgence of American Indian nations. This volume covers: - The boarding school system, which removed students from their families and cultures - Child-centered Progressive education and FDR's Indian "New Deal" - Community-controlled schools in the era of Indian self-determination - Founding of tribal colleges and American Indian Studies programs, and the resurgence of instruction in traditional languages |
