Abstract

My student's response exposes the frightening reality of Native American education in the United States. Throughout our educational system, Western perspectives on history, culture, and values supersede Native ones. In my classroom, few of my students understood basic elements of their heritage, such as identifying their family clans, and only two spoke Navajo fl uently. Even though we lived on the largest reservation in the United States, my students' knowledge of their cultural heritage was shaped by fetishized stereotypes perpetuated through mainstream culture. New teachers, particularly non-natives like myself, generally lack knowledge, training, and resources to adequately address native students' culture.

How to Cite:

Hall, D., (2013) “Book Review: Alaska Native Education: Views From Within and Crossing Mountains: Native American Language Education in Public Schools”, Journal of Research in Rural Education 28(2), 1–4.

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