| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 229 pages) : illustrations, map. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Sociocultural, political, and historical studies in education)
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Sociocultural, political, and historical studies in education.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-213) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Framing the story -- People, place, and ethnographic texts -- "How it was" -- "We were going to school being taught only by Anglos" -- A portrait of change -- Origin stories -- Community and classroom -- The problems and politics of program evaluation -- The two faces of self-determination -- Transitions and turmoil -- "If we want to be powerful, we have to exercise our power" : indigenous teachers as change agents -- Protest -- What if the children forget the Navajo language?" -- Epilogue : "The hopes and dreams of rough rock." |
| Summary |
An ethnographic account of a revolutionary indigenous self-determination movement that began in 1966 with the Rough Rock Demonstration School. It was called Dine Bi'olta, The People's School, in recognition of its status as the first American Indian community-controlled school. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Rough Rock Demonstration School.
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Rough Rock Demonstration School. |
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Navajo Indians -- Education.
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Navajo Indians -- Education. |
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Navajo Indians -- Ethnic identity.
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Navajo Indians -- Ethnic identity. |
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Navajo Indians. |
| Indexed Term |
Navajo Indians - Education. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Bia, Fred.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: McCarty, T.L. Place to be Navajo. Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2002 0805837604 (DLC) 2001033346 (OCoLC)46822437 |
| ISBN |
0585418705 (electronic book) |
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9780585418704 (electronic book) |
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9780805837605 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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0805837604 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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1410602508 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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9781410602503 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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0805837604 (alkaline paper) |
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0805837612 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780805837612 |
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