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To live heroically : institutional racism and American Indian education /

Main Author: Huff, Delores J.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©1997.
Series:SUNY series, the social context of education
Subjects:
Indians of North America > Education.
Indians of North America > Government relations.
Indians of North America > Social conditions.
Education and state > History. > United States
Discrimination in education > History. > United States
Indians, North American > education.
Education > history.
Public Policy.
EDUCATION > Organizations & Institutions.
Discrimination in education.
Education and state.
Race relations.
United States > Social policy.
United States > Race relations.
United States.
Online Access:http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=5347
Table of Contents:
  • A history of Indians in the public school system
  • Different scales for different whales
  • The ABT study
  • Analysis of ABT research
  • The Madison study: the town, the reservation, the ethos
  • Community perceptions of the Madison K through twelve public school system
  • The Madison study: classroom evaluations K through four
  • The gap widens: grades five through eight
  • The survey
  • The legacy of institutional racism
  • Solutions for the future: the voucher plan and tribal schools
  • The White House Conference on Indian Education.

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