American Indian Education, 2nd Edition: A History

by Jon Reyhner, Jeanne Eder, Jeanne M. Oyawin Eder

Book Overview

Before Europeans arrived in North America, Indigenous peoples spoke more than three hundred languages and followed almost as many distinct belief systems and lifeways. But in childrearing, the different Indian societies had certain practices in common--including training for survival and teaching tribal traditions. The history of American Indian education from colonial times to the present is a story of how Euro-Americans disrupted and suppressed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806157763
• ISBN13: 9780806157764
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 412 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"