American Indian/First Nations schooling : 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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Main Author: Glenn, Charles Leslie, 1938-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
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Table of 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 Education 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?
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  • 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 Education 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?