Power and Place: Indian Education in America - Softcover

Deloria Jr., Vine; Wildcat, Daniel R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 155591859X ISBN 13: 9781555918590

Publisher: Fulcrum Publishing, 2001

Synopsis

Power and Place examines the issues facing Native American students as they progress through schools, colleges, and on into professions. This collection of sixteen essays is at once philosophic, practical, and visionary. It is an effort to open discussion about the unique experience of Native Americans and offers a concise reference for administrators, educators, students and community leaders involved with Indian Education.

About this title

About the Author:

Vine Deloria Jr., is a leading Native American scholar whose research writings, and teaching have encompassed history, law, religious studies, and political science. He is the former executive director of the National Congress of American Indians. Named by Time magazine as one of the eleven greatest religious thinkers of the twentieth century, he is the author of numerous acclaimed books, including God is Red, Custer Died for Your Sins, Power and Place, and Red Earth, White Lies. Mr. Deloria lives in Golden, Colorado.

Daniel R. Wildcat (Yuchi, Muscogee) is the director of the American Indian studies program and the Haskell Environmental Research Studies Center at Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence, Kansas. He is the coauthor with Vine Deloria Jr. of Power and Place: Indian Education in America.

Review:

.".".this probing educational manifesto...is at once radical and inspiring."

About this edition

• Publisher: Fulcrum Publishing
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 155591859X
• ISBN 13: 9781555918590
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176