Alaska Native Political Leadership And Higher Education

Download or read book Alaska Native Political Leadership and Higher Education written by Michael Jennings and published by Rowman Altamira. This book was released on 2004 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through an in-depth study of Alaskan indigenous communities, Jennings explores the relationship between land and education. He reveals how Euro-American institutions attempt to redefine indigenous understandings of land and spirituality to make them conform to those in the dominant society. The author proposes educational agendas that are components of native sovereignty, with their distinctive spiritual, intellectual, and material relationships to land. This book is valuable for educational policymakers, and instructors in education, anthropology and Native American studies.