Alaska Native Political Leadership and Higher Education One University, Two Universes

by Jennings, Michael L.

• ISBN13: 9780759100695
• ISBN10: 0759100691
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-05-05
• Publisher: AltaMira Press

Summary

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.

Author Biography

Michael Jennings is professor of philosophy and humanities at the University of Alaska.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
Abbreviations	ix
From the Land	1	(18)
Worldviews and Institutional Conflict	19	(22)
Education, Economy, Empire	41	(36)
The Native Agenda for Rural Education	77	(32)
Structural Responses to Human Needs: The Rural Conflict Continues	109	(18)
Urban Agendas	127	(18)
Conclusion: The Indian Trade	145	(16)
Bibliography	161	(14)
Index	175	(10)
About the Author	185