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American Indian Education: Counternarratives in Racism, Struggle, and the Law (The Critical Educator)

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UPC:
9780415957359
Maximum Purchase:
2 units
Binding:
Paperback
Publication Date:
2008-05-30
Author:
Matthew L. M. Fletcher
Language:
english
Edition:
1
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America Indian culture and traditions have survived an unusual amount of oppressive federal and state educational policies intended to assimilate Indian people and destroy their cultures and languages. Yet, Indian culture, traditions, and people often continue to be treated as objects in the classroom and in the curriculum. Using a critical race theory framework and a unique counternarrative methodology, American Indian Education explores a host of modern educational issues facing American Indian peoplesfrom the impact of Indian sports mascots on students and communities, to the uses and abuses of law that often never reach a courtroom, and the intergenerational impacts of American Indian education policy on Indian children today. By interweaving empirical research with accessible composite narratives, Matthew Fletcher breaches the gap between solid educational policy and the on-the-ground reality of Indian students, highlighting the challenges faced by American Indian students and paving the way for an honest discussion about solutions.