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Multilingual Nations, Monolingual Schools: Confronting Colonial Language Policies across the Americas
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Nicholas Limerick, Editor; Jamie L. Schissel, Editor; Mario López-Gopar, Editor; Vilma Huerta Cordova, Editor – Teachers College Press, 2024
The effects of colonialism in education and society have deep and difficult legacies. This book argues that it is necessary to better understand the deep roots of colonialism in order to realize justice and overturn forms of oppression in education policy, in classrooms, or in family and community-based education. Highlighting research from across…
Descriptors: Colonialism, Multilingualism, Educational Policy, Power Structure
Culturally Responsive Schooling for Indigenous Mexican Students
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William Perez; Rafael Vásquez – Multilingual Matters, 2024
This book uncovers the social and educational experiences of an increasing yet understudied population of young immigrants in the US, focusing on multilingual students who speak one of three Indigenous languages: Zapotec, Mixtec and P'urhépecha. It explores students' ethnoracial identities, Indigenous language use and transnational practices and…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Teaching Methods, Immigrants, Multilingualism
"To Remain an Indian": Lessons in Democracy from a Century of Native American Education. Second Edition. Multicultural Education Series
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K. Tsianina Lomawaima; Teresa L. McCarty – Teachers College Press, 2024
"To Remain an Indian" traces the footprints of Indigenous education in what is now the United States. Native Peoples' educational systems are rooted in ways of knowing and being that have endured for millennia, despite the imposition of colonial schooling. In this second edition, the authors amplify their theoretical framework of settler…
Descriptors: Democracy, American Indian Education, Tribal Sovereignty, Tribally Controlled Education
Native American Bilingual Education: An Ethnography of Powerful Forces. Studies in Educational Ethnography
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Crawley, Cheryl K. – Studies in Educational Ethnography, 2020
For over thirty years, a political and social battle over bilingual education raged in the U.S. and in and around the Crow Indian Reservation of Montana. This book, a period piece rich in political, historical, and local western context, is the story of language, education, inequality and power clashes between the dominant society and the Indian…
Descriptors: American Indians, Bilingual Education, Equal Education, American Indian Education
Foundations of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism. 7th Edition
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Baker, Colin; Wright, Wayne E. – Multilingual Matters, 2021
The seventh edition of this bestselling textbook has been extensively revised and updated to provide a comprehensive and accessible introduction to bilingualism and bilingual education in an ever-changing world. Written in a compact and clear style, the book covers all the crucial issues in bilingualism and multilingualism at individual, group and…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Foundations of Education, Bilingualism, Deafness
On Indian Ground: California. On Indian Ground: A Return to Indigenous Knowledge--Generating Hope, Leadership and Sovereignty through Education
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Proudfit, Joely, Ed.; Myers-Lim, Nicole Quinderro, Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2017
"On Indian Ground: California" is the first in a series of ten books on American Indian/Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian education. The focus of this text is the 110 tribes in California and the best practices available to educators of native students in K-16. This volume explores the history of California Indian education as well as…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indian Students, Alaska Natives, Hawaiians