American Indian First Nations Schooling: From the Colonial Period to the Present

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 and culture as applied to schooling, the reactions of parents and tribal leadership in the United States and Canada, and the symbolic as well as practical role of indigenous languages and of efforts to maintain them. "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 and culture as applied to schooling, the reactions of parents and tribal leadership in the United States and Canada, and the symbolic as well as practical role of indigenous languages and of efforts to maintain them"-- "An overview of efforts to provide formal schooling to the children of native peoples of North America, from seventeenth century New France to the residential Indian schools of the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries and the Indian charter schools of the twenty-first. The racial assumptions of the White majority, the ambivalence of Indian families and tribes about the schooling offered to their children and youth, the uneasy cooperation between church groups and government, and efforts to maintain or revive native languages, are discussed in a perspective covering both Canada and the United States"-- Cover......Page 1 Titlepage......Page 4 Copyright......Page 5 Dedication......Page 6 Contents......Page 8 Preface......Page 9 Note on Terminology......Page 11 Introduction......Page 12 1 The Present Situation......Page 16 2 Assumptions about Race......Page 22 3 Making Christians......Page 30 4 Wards of Government......Page 40 5 The “Five Civilized Nations”......Page 50 6 Churches as Allies and Agents of the State......Page 60 7 Decline of the Partnership of Church and State......Page 78 8 Separate Schooling Institutionalized......Page 88 9 Problems of Residential Schools......Page 104 10 Self-Help and Self-Governance......Page 120 11 Indian Languages and Cultures......Page 136 12 Navajo, Cree, and Mohawk......Page 158 13 Continued Decline of Indian Languages......Page 176 14 Indians in Local Public Schools......Page 190 15 Have We Learned Anything?......Page 204 Notes......Page 212 References......Page 232 Index......Page 244

Tracing the history of Native American schooling in North America, this book emphasizes factors in society at large â€“ 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 and culture as applied to schooling, the reactions of parents and tribal leadership in the United States and Canada, and the symbolic as well as practical role of indigenous languages and of efforts to maintain them.

"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 and culture as applied to schooling, the reactions of parents and tribal leadership in the United States and Canada, and the symbolic as well as practical role of indigenous languages and of efforts to maintain them"-- Provided by publisher Machine generated contents note: -- 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? Tracing thehistory ofNative American schooling in North America, this book emphasizes factors in society at large - and sometimes withinindigenous communities - which led toNative Americanchildren being separate from the white majority.Charles L.Glenn examines theevolving assumptions about race and culture as applied to schooling, the reactions of parents and tribal leadership in the United States and Canada, and the symbolic as well as practical role of indigenous languages and of efforts to maintain them.