Research Catalog

Title

Inside the eagle's head : an American Indian college / Angelle A. Khachadoorian.

Author

Khachadoorian, Angelle A.

Publication

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2010.

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Description

xii, 241 p. : ill., map; 24 cm.

Summary

The Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute (SIPI) is a self-described National American Indian Community College in Albuquerque, New Mexico. SIPI is operated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, an agency of the U.S. government that has overseen and managed the relationship between the government and American Indian tribes for almost two hundred years. Students at SIPI are registered members of federally-recognized American Indian tribes from throughout the contiguous United States and Alaska. A fascinatingly hybridized institution, SIPI attempts to meld two conflicting institutional models -- a tribally-controlled college or university and a Bureau of Indian Affairs' Indian school -- with their unique corporate cultures, rules, and philosophies. Students attempt to cope with the institution and successfully make their way through it by using (consciously or not) an array of metaphorical representations of the school. Through a series of interviews, this volume examines the ways in which students attempt to accommodate this variety of conflicts and presents a look into the contemporary state of American Indian educational institutions.

Series Statement

Contemporary American Indian studies

Uniform Title

• Project Muse UPCC books
• ebrary.
• Contemporary American Indian studies

Subject

• Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute
• Indian universities and colleges > Albuquerque
• Indian college students > Albuquerque > Attitudes
• Indian college students > United States > Attitudes
• Indians of North America > Education (Higher) > Albuquerque
• Indians of North America > Government policy > United States

Genre/Form

Electronic books

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Entering the turquoise gates : the Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute -- Thinking and talking about SIPI : narratives and metaphors -- "A standing army of school teachers" : American Indian education, assimilation, and the BIA -- Taking a new path : the decision to attend SIPI -- Life within the eagle's head -- SIPI is a reservation : family, friends, and mentors -- SIPI is what you make it : academics, administration, and working around the system -- SIPI is an opportunity : giving students the chance to dream -- Appendix. Studying the Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute.

ISBN

• 9780817356149 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 0817356142 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 9780817383534 (electronic)
• 0817383530 (electronic)

LCCN

^^2010015560

OCLC

607977842

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