The Social Science Journal, vol. 36, no. 1, January 1999, p. 33
Description
Discusses various recollections of the teacher-student relationships Native American's had with their former teachers in boarding school settings, and looks at the process of assimilation fostered within the context of an all-Indian boarding school.
Journal of College Student Retention, vol. 6, no. 1, 2004-2005, pp. 111-127
Description
Examines the student experience and perspective and recommends that institutions provide opportunities to develop and sustain student's Indigenous identity.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 28, no. 2, 2004, pp. 137-188
Description
Book reviews of:
America’s Second Tongue: American Indian Education and the Ownership of English, 1860–1900 by Ruth Spack.
Anthropologists and Indians in the New South edited by Rachel A. Bonney and J.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 19, no. 2, Autumn, 2004, pp. 25-32
Description
Describes the history of United States Native American education policies, calling them "cultural genocide", and the abandonment of the policies in the 1930s. The article also explains the continuing economic exploitation of Native American resources in the 21st century.
Contemporary Justice Review, vol. 7, no. 2, June 2004, pp. 171-182
Description
Uses a review of the film Rabbit Proof Fenceas a starting point for a discussion of the residential school system in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and India.
Next Steps: Research and Practice to Advance Indian Education
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Author/Creator
K. Tsianina Lomawaima
Description
Looks at the legacy of colonial education and the roots of some stereotypical assumptions associated with Native Americans.
Chapter one of Next Steps: Research and Practice to Advance Indian Education edited by Karen Gayton Swisher and John W. Tippeconnic.
Index on Censorship , vol. 28, no. 4, 1999, pp. 54-64
Description
Discusses how the Canadian government inflicted damage on First Nations cultures by the suppression of language and learning, and the enforcement of schooling in "civilized" culture.
McGill Journal of Education, vol. 39, no. 3, 2004, pp. 342-353
Description
Looks at the development of the Certificate in Aboriginal Literacy Education program and follow-up workshops for creating children's books in-order to preserve the Mi'kmaq language in the community of Wagmatcook, Cape Breton.