Indigenous educational models for contemporary practice : in our mother's voice

Nee-Benham, Maenette K. P. (Added Author). Cooper, Joanne E. (Added Author).

Summary: "What is the philosophy that should drive native education policy and practice? In July 1997 a group of native educational leaders from the United States (including Alaska and Hawai'i), Canada, Australia, and New Zealand gathered to define a potential solution to this question. This book passes on the individual educational philosophies of the participants and captures the essence of each in a dynamic, transformational, and holistic model - "Go to the Source" - which forwards a collective vision for a native language- and culture-based educational philosophy that native educational leaders and teachers, policymakers, and curriculum developers can use to ground their work."--BOOK JACKET.

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ISBN: 9780805834611 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780805834628 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 0805834613 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN: 0805834621 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Physical Description: print
xxi, 204 p. : ill ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Mahwah, N.J. : L. Erlbaum Associates, 2000.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

From the Series Editor / Joel Spring -- Foreword / Valorie Johnson. -- Ch. 1. Gathering Together to Travel to the Source: A Vision for a Language and Culture-Based Educational Model / Maenette Kape 'ahiokalani Padeken Ah Nee-Benham and Joanne Elizabeth Cooper -- Our Different Paths to the Source. -- Ch. 2. Building a Child-Centered Model: "An indigenous model must look to the future" / Kate Cherrington. -- Ch. 3. A Holistic Education, Teachings from the Dance-House: "We cannot afford to lose one Native child" / Jeannette Armstrong. -- Ch. 4. Grounding Vision on the Three Baskets of Knowledge: "Kia ora ai te iwi Maori" / Linda Aranga-Low. -- Ch. 5. Advocating for a Stimulating and Language-Based Education: "If you don't learn your language where can you go home to?" / Sarah Keahi. -- Ch. 6. A Commitment to Language-Based Education: "Among the gifts we can give our children is our cultural traditions" / Darrell Kipp. -- Ch. 7. Revitalizing Culture and Language: "Returning to the 'Aina" / Kalena Silva. -- Ch. 8. Building an Indigenous Language Center: "The children have the right to learn their language" / Gail Kiernan. -- Ch. 9. Linking Native People Around the Spirituality of All Life: "The gifts of our grandmothers and grandfathers" / Sam Suina. -- Ch. 10. Creating a Ceremony: "Nature's Model From the Longhouse People" / Genevieve Gollnick. -- Ch. 11. Building Linkages Across the Community: "To take action, takes great courage and strength" / L. A. Napier. -- Ch. 12. Envisioning a Community-Centered Education: "We do not own our children we must honor them in all ways" / Paul Johnson. -- Ch. 13. The Circle We Call Community: "As a community, you all have to pull together" / Miranda Wright. -- Ch. 14. Educational Empowerment for Maori People: "We are on the right path. We are on the right dreaming" / Susan Wetere-Bryant. -- Ch. 15. Locating Global Learning Centers: "With the united forces of us all" / Rosalie Medcraft -- Afterword / Beatrice Medicine -- App. A. Exemplary Native Educational Programs in the United States / Jeremy Garcia -- App. B. Resources for Native Educators.