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Resting lightly on Mother Earth : the aboriginal experience in urban educational settings / [edited by] Angela Ward & Rita Bouvier.

Title: Resting lightly on Mother Earth : the aboriginal experience in urban educational settings / [edited by] Angela Ward & Rita Bouvier.
Publication: Calgary : Detselig Enterprises, c2001.

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195 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

"In this book, the voices of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal participants are heard as they chronicle their survival in mainstream school systems. The authors describe and analyze the experiences of Aboriginal students, teachers, and pre-service teachers struggling to find a place in urban society. Some voices are resistant, others angry, many questioning, as they enter into tentative coalitions with other urban teachers who pursue social justice for Indigenous peoples. The editors open the book with a wide-ranging look at the contexts of urban Aboriginal education, and explore the themes of the book--identity, disconnection from the land, spirituality, the effects of a colonial legacy--from their own Aboriginal and mainstream perspectives. A strength of the book is the diversity of backgrounds and experiences the authors bring. The writers are Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal, from Canada, the United States and Australia. They have taught and worked in elementary and secondary schools, universities and teacher education programs. All have direct experience working in urban educational settings, and all bring passionate advocacy to their writing. Resting Lightly on Mother Earth is intended for both Indigenous and mainstream educators; it is particularly suitable for teachers and administrators in urban systems, teacher educators, and graduate and undergraduate education students."-- Back cover.

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Includes bibliographical references.

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Contents

"Magpie" babies : urban Aboriginal students, identity and inequality in education / Carol Reid -- Changing perspectives on intercultural classrooms / Angela Ward -- Good community schools are sites of educational activism / Rita Bouvier -- On the margins of the middle : Aboriginal girls in an urban middle school / Heather Blair -- "No friends, barely" : a voice from the edge of Indian identity / Carol Leroy -- "Getting to know us" / Linda Wason-Ellam -- Coyote : experiences as a district consultant / Shauneen Pete-Willett -- To teach from the soul / Bente Huntley -- Voices given to us : contextual theatre in an urban Native teacher education program / Lon Borgerson -- Stories of the people : success in urban settings, the inner strength of "Indianness" / Dottie King, Bill Walters -- Closing reflections / Rita Bouvier and Angela Ward.

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1550592211 :

OCLC

46857597
SCSB-10800420

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Harvard Library