| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 245 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Cover -- Title page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Foreword by Kevin K. Washburn -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- 1. Decolonizing Educational Domains -- 2. The Roots of Entanglement -- 3. The Navajo Educational Terrain -- 4. The Rise of Local Community Schools -- 5. The Rise of Centralized Education -- 6. The Challenges to Diné Education Sovereignty -- 7. Conclusion: Disentangling Our Sovereign Body -- Appendix A: Navajo Education (DODE) Legislative and Historical Timeline -- Appendix B: Schools on the Navajo Nation Reservation -- Notes --Index -- About the Author |
| Summary |
This book sheds light on the tangle of federal and state education programs that have been imposed on Navajo territories, and on the ongoing efforts by tribal communities to transfer state authority over Diné education to the Navajo Nation. The complex and confusing educational system, influenced by colonial pressures and tribal resistance, limits movements towards a unified tribal educational sovereign goal |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed May 1, 2023) |
| Subject |
Navajo Indians -- Education
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Education and state -- Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah
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Navajo Indians -- Government relations
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / General
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Education and state
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Navajo Indians -- Education
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Navajo Indians -- Government relations
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Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Washburn, Kevin (Kevin K.), 1967- writer of foreword.
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| ISBN |
9780816545308 |
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0816545308 |
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