Book: Indigenous Education

[Scott McGinnis]

Announcing the publication of "Learn in Beauty: Indigenous Education for

a New Century" edited by Jon Reyhner, Joseph Martin, Louise Lockard, and

W. Sakiestewa Gilbert. The title "Learn in Beauty" is adapted from a
traditional Navajo prayer that calls for listeners to "walk in beauty"
and live in harmony with their world. "Learn in Beauty" is dedicated to
Regents Professor Dr. Gina Cantoni for her many years of service to the
students of Northern Arizona University and the people of the Southwest.

Together, the 11 papers collected in Learn in Beauty indicate some of
the new directions that indigenous education is taking at the beginning
of the 21st century. Since the 1970s the United States Government has
had an official policy of self-determination for American Indians and
Alaska Natives. The efforts by various Native groups to chart their own
destinies have resulted in both successes and failures, and education is

just one aspect of their efforts. It is hoped that the discussion of
indigenous education in this volume contributes to the progress of
indigenous education. 152 pp. + viii. ISBN 0-9670554-1-5.

The 11 papers are: Teaching Diné Language and Culture in Navajo Schools;

Language Revitalization in Navajo/English Dual Language; A Report on the

Leupp Navajo Immersion Project; Community-based Native Teacher Education

Programs; Measuring Bilingual Proficiency of Tarahumara Children;
Post-colonial Recovering and Healing; Response to Indigenous Cultural
Perspectives in the Classroom; Visual Metaphor, Cultural Knowledge, and
the New Rhetoric; Influences on Teaching Indigenous Language; Teaching
English to American Indians; and Charter Schools for American Indians.
The entire book is on the web at
http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~jar/LIB/LIBconts.html or can be purchased in
paperback for $10.00 US plus postage from the Center for Excellence in
Education, Northern Arizona University, Box 5774, Flagstaff, AZ
86011-5774. E-mail Jon.Reyhner at nau.edu for more information.