Contents
Introduction
Languages and Literacy
1.
Honoring Indigenous Children's Ways of Knowing
Melanie Brice
2. Begin with the Familiar:
The Value of Family Literacy for American Indians
Jon Reyhner and Jon Lee
3. "Think In Navajo": Reflections from the Field on Reversing Navajo Language Shift in Homes, Schools and Communities
Vincent Werito
4. In Search of the Missing Navajo Pilot Program: Locating Opportunities and Spaces in
Educational Policies for Teaching Native Languages
Daniel Piper and Cynthia Benally
5. Teaching Chedungun in Chile's Alto Biobío Community:
A Perspective from Pewenche Youth
Elizabeth Quintrileo
Sovereignty, Tribal Identity and Self-Determination
6. Sovereignty in Action: Tribal Control of Education
Melody McCoy
7. Transculturation Theory:
A Framework for Understanding Tribal Identity and Academic Success
Terry Huffman
8. A History of American Indian and Alaska Native Education:
1971-1979
Thomas (Tom) R. Hopkins
Teachers
9. Teacher Recruitment, Retention and Pedagogical Issues
Confronting Indigenous Students and Communities
in Northern Saskatchewan Schools
Richard F. Manning, Larry Steeves, Pamela Osmond-Johnson,
Stephanie Furuta and Sheila Carr Stewart
The
Contributors
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