Indigenous Children's Survivance in Public Schools

<p><em>Indigenous Children's Survivance in Public Schools</em> examines the cultural social and political terrain of Indigenous education by providing accounts of Indigenous students and educators creatively navigating the colonial dynamics within public schools. Through a series of survivance stories the book surveys a range of educational issues including implementation of Native-themed curriculum teachers' attempts to support Native students in their classrooms and efforts to claim physical and cultural space in a school district among others. As a collective these stories highlight the ways that colonization continues to shape Native students' experiences in schools. By documenting the nuanced intelligence courage artfulness and survivance of Native students families and educators the book counters deficit framings of Indigenous students. The goal is also to develop educators' anticolonial literacy so that teachers can counter colonialism and better support Indigenous students in public schools.</p>