A Day in the Life of Indigenous Students: Companion Resource Guide

Documents the nature of Eurocentric models of education, and their devastating impacts on Indigenous knowledge. Chronicles the negative consequences of forced assimilation and racism inherent to colonial systems of education. Proposes a new model of education via the repositioning of Indigenous humanities, sciences, and languages as vital fields of knowledge.

Helps define and imagine the interstices between Indigenous and decolonizing education. Each chapter forwards principles that are grounded in place-specific efforts of creating Indigenous universities and schools, community organizing and social movements, trans and Two Spirit practices, refusals of state policies, and land-based and water-based pedagogies.

Formal teaching and learning occurs in contested places. Leading scholars from North America, New Zealand, and Hawaii disentangle aspects of colonialism from education to advance alternative philosophies of instruction. Contributors explore Indigenous education from theoretical and applied perspectives and invite readers to embrace new, informed ways of schooling.

In recent decades educators have been seeking ways to improve outcomes for Indigenous students. Yet most Indigenous education still takes place within a theoretical framework based in Eurocentric thought. This book provides an alternative framework for teachers working with Indigenous students - one that moves beyond merely acknowledging Indigenous culture to one that actually strengthens Indigenous identity.

Offers approaches to incorporating Indigenous values and perspectives into the research methodologies and interpretive theories of scholarly disciplines such as psychology, political science, archaeology, and history. Proposes ways to effect meaningful change through building networks of support inside and outside the Indigenous academic community.