Indian Education in America. Summarizing a Collection of Essays by Vine Deloria, Jr.

Simonelli, Richard

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ERIC Number: EJ431774

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1991

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Indian Education in America. Summarizing a Collection of Essays by Vine Deloria, Jr.

Simonelli, Richard

Winds of Change, v6 n3 p12-17 Sum 1991

Summarizes 11 themes of Deloria's "Indian Education in America," including Native versus Western worldview; history of Indian education; Indian versus professional identity; community as key to survival; destructive aspects of American education; necessity of tribal context for education and knowledge; and reconciliation of science and tribal values. (SV)

Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, Context Effect, Cultural Context, Cultural Exchange, Epistemology, Essays, Higher Education, Identification (Psychology), World Views

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Language: English

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