American Indian education
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comparative education
education of indigenous peoples
educational anthropology
endogenous educational research
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indigenous cultures
Native American schooling
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- ISBN 9780916690489
- Weight: 615g
- Dimensions: 167 x 251mm
- Publication Date: 29 Feb 2008
- Publisher: Harvard Educational Review,U.S.
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Indigenous Knowledge is resiliently local in character and thus poses a distinct contrast to the international, more impersonal system of knowledge prevalent in Western educational institutions. In the words of Mik’maq scholar Marie Battiste—a leading proponent of Indigenous Knowledge and a contributor to this volume—Indigenous Knowledge expresses “the vibrant relationships between the people, their ecosystems, and the other living beings and spirits that share their lands.” Indigenous Knowledge and Education argues that such knowledge has much to offer schools and students in the United States and beyond. The volume examines a wide range of Indigenous cultures and educational settings, including Native American, Haitian, Mexican, African, and Australian. The essays are grouped into three themes that exemplify many Indigenous cultures: struggle, strength, and survivance—the latter a notion of survival that emphasizes remembrance, regeneration, and spiritual renewal. Each of these themes is explored in a rich array of articles and capped with new essays by Marie Battiste, Gregory A. Cajete, and Bryan McKinley Jones Brayboy.
Malia Villegas is Alutiiq/Sugpiaq with family from Kodiak Island and Afognak Island in Alaska and O'ahu in Hawa'i. She is a doctoral candidate in Culture, Communities, and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.Sabina Rak Neugebauer is a doctoral candidate in Human Development and Education, who holds a master's in Language and Literacy from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.Kerry R Venegas is a doctoral candidate in the Communities and Schools Program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
