American Indian Education

<p>America Indian culture and traditions have survived an unusual amount of oppressive federal and state educational policies intended to assimilate Indian people and destroy their cultures and languages. Yet Indian culture traditions and people often continue to be treated as objects in the classroom and in the curriculum. Using a critical race theory framework and a unique counternarrative methodology <em>American Indian Education</em> explores a host of modern educational issues facing American Indian peoples—from the impact of Indian sports mascots on students and communities to the uses and abuses of law that often never reach a courtroom and the intergenerational impacts of American Indian education policy on Indian children today. By interweaving empirical research with accessible composite narratives Matthew Fletcher breaches the gap between solid educational policy and the on-the-ground reality of Indian students highlighting the challenges faced by American Indian students and paving the way for an honest discussion about solutions.</p>