Voices of Native American Educators

Sheila T. Gregory, PhD is a professor of higher education and educational leadership at Clark Atlanta University in Georgia.

• AcknowledgmentsPrefacePart I: The History and Status of Native American Education American Indian Education: A History of Resilience and Self-Determination, by Vincent WhippleThe Dynamics of Native American Women and their Experiences: Identifying Ideologies and Theories that Help Explain Oppression, by Sandy L. (Kewanhaptwa) DixonNavajo College Students' Perceptions of the Impact of Western Education on the Retention, by Freda B. GarnanezAdolescent Drug Use and its Impact on Schools in Indian Country, by Susan Harness, M.A., Kimberly Miller and Fred BeauvaisPart II: Culturally Relevant PedagogyAn neen dush: Harnessing Collective Wisdom to Create Culturally Relevant Science Experiences in Pre-K Classrooms, by Ann Mogush Mason, Mia Dubosarsky, Gillian Roehrig, Mary Farley, Stephan Carlson, and Barbara MurphyCollapsing the Fear of Mathematics: A Study of The Effects of Navajo Culture on Navajo Student Performance In Mathematics, by Henry FowlerGenerosity, Fortitude, Respect, Wisdom: Using Popular Culture To Teach Traditional Culture, by Carol R. RemppPart III: Teaching Models of Cultural Competence and ContextWhen Numbers Dance for Mathematics Students: Culturally Responsive Mathematics Instruction for Native Youth, by James Jon Barta, Marilyn M. Cuch, and Virginia Norris ExtonOlu'olu i ka pä ke Kaiäulu: Community and Place as a Textbook for Learning, by Kay L. Fukuda and ku'ualoha ho'omanawanui Part IV: Educational Strategies From Native American EducatorsPreparing American Indian Youth for the Transition from High School to College, by Jean E. Ness and Dennis W. OlsonClosing the Mathematics Achievement Gap of Native American Students Identified as Learning Disabled, by Judith Hankes, Stacey Skoning, Gerald Fast, Loretta Mason-Williams, John Beam, William Mickelson, and Colleen MerrillSubject IndexAbout the EditorAbout the Contributors

Voices of Native American Educators is organized into four sections: "The History and Status of Native American Education," "Culturally Relevant Pedagogy," "Teaching Models of Cultural Competence and Context," and "Educational Strategies from Native American Educators." Twenty-eight authors contributed to 11 chapters, including one chapter each on the history of Indian education, teaching science, Indian women, adolescent drug use, using popular culture to teach traditional culture, and an after-school literacy program as well as two on college students and three on teaching mathematics. Together they strongly support the book's subtitle: Integrating History, Culture, and Language to Improve Learning Outcomes for Native American Students. Though not comprehensive, this book gives a valuable overview of how assimilationist education in public and Bureau of Indian Education schools has failed many American Indian students and the potential that lies in providing culturally relevant education. The contributors draw on a wide variety of both quantitative and qualitative research to make a compelling case that Native American students need culturally based instruction and curricula to have the best chance at bridging the cultural gap between their homes and schools becoming academically successful. Summing Up: Recommended.