American Indian/First Nations schooling : from the Colonial period to the present

Glenn, Charles Leslie 1938- (Author).

Summary: "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"--

Record details

ISBN: 9780230114203 (hardback)
ISBN: 0230114202 (hardback)
Physical Description: print
ix, 238 p. ; 22 cm.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-232) and indexes.

Formatted Contents Note:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Present Situation -- 2. Assumptions about Race -- 3. Making Christians -- 4. Wards of Government -- 5. "Five Civilized Nations" -- 6. Churches as Allies and Agents of the State -- 7. Decline of the Partnership of Church and State -- 8. Separate Schooling Institutionalized -- 9. Problems of Residential Schools -- 10. Self-Help and Self-Governance -- 11. Indian Languages and Cultures -- 12. Navajo, Cree, and Mohawk -- 13. Continued Decline of Indian Languages -- 14. Indians in Local Public Schools -- 15. Have We Learned Anything?.