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Indigenous Curriculum of Place

The United Houma Nation’s Contentious Relationship with Louisiana’s Educational Institutions

Häftad, Engelska, 2007

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The longest desegregation lawsuit in American history, involving Louisiana’s political, judicial and educational institutions, was recently settled. Like many African-American communities in the south, members of the United Houma Nation did not have access to "White" systems of public education, or to African-American schools, until the mid-1960s. This book illustrates how the Louisiana state apparatus historically dictated educational exclusion through its infamous Jim Crow policies of racial segregation. Utilizing a combination of ethnography, historiography, and oral history methods, its research narratives are specifically concerned with the life histories of United Houma Nation elders who experienced firsthand the complexities and difficulties of institutional racism. An Indigenous Curriculum of Place is essential reading for curriculum scholars, teachers, and community leaders. The narratives in this book not only have the potential to teach us about alternative ways of knowing, but also to understand the limits of our colonized worldviews.

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Utgivningsdatum2007-08-29
Mått160 x 230 x 14 mm
Vikt330 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieComplicated Conversation
Antal sidor232
FörlagPeter Lang Publishing Inc
ISBN9781433100130

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List of Figures – Preface – Acknowledgments – Introduction: A Marsh Made of Dawn – Deconstructing a Literature of Dominance – Houma Oral Histories – A Houma Curriculum Outside the School – Surviving Louisiana’s Educational Institutions – An Indigenous Curriculum of Place – Epilogue – Appendix A Road Map of Louisiana – Appendix B Map of Louisiana Parishes – Appendix C Map of Lafourche Parish – Appendix D Map of Plaquemines Parish – Appendix E A United Houma Nation Historical Timeline – Appendix F List of Formal Interviews – References – Index.

"Years ago when Nicholas Ng-A-Fook first came to the Houma community he asked to hear our stories. ‘What stories do you want to hear?’ we asked, and his answer was, ‘what stories do you want to tell?’ Thus began a relationship between an academic and an indigenous people that I believe can be used as a pattern for such relationships. The years he spent learning about us were also years he spent using his talents and abilities to assist the Houma people.Not only does this work document the struggles of the Houma people for educational opportunities, but also provides a testament to the commitment Nicholas Ng-A-Fook has made to the United Houma Nation."Michael "T. Mayheart" Dardar, Vice-Principal Chief of United Houma Nation