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Education beyond the mesas : Hopi students at Sherman Institute, 1902-1929 /

Education beyond the Mesas is the fascinating story of how generations of Hopi schoolchildren from northeastern Arizona "turned the power" by using compulsory federal education to affirm their way of life and better their community. Sherman Institute in Riverside, California, one of the la...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Sakiestewa Gilbert, Matthew
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2010.
Series:Indigenous education.
Subjects:
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Hopi resistance
  • Policies and assimilation
  • The Orayvi split and Hopi schooling
  • Elder in residence
  • Taking Hopi knowledge to school
  • Learning to preach
  • Returning to Hopi
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix.