A new book published by NAU

[Navin Singh]

Hello all,

Northern Arizona University’s College of Education Publishes New Book

       NAU’s College of Education has published a new book Honoring Our
Heritage: Culturally Appropriate Approaches to Teaching Indigenous
Students edited by NAU professors Jon Reyhner, Willard Sakiestewa
Gilbert and Louise Lockard in 2011. This book is the seventh in a
series of monographs related to teaching Indigenous students published
by NAU, and it is dedicated to dedicated to the memory of William G.
Demmert, Jr. (Tlingit/Ogala Lakota) who spent his life working to
improve the education of Indigenous students, including helping found
the National Indian Education Association (NIEA).
       Leaders in the field of Indigenous education have noted that this new
book is an important addition to the field of American Indian and
Indigenous education. Dr. David Beaulieu, Professor Emeritus, Arizona
State University and former President, National Indian Education
Association writes that it “is an informative and welcomed addition to
the literature on culturally-based education illustrating engaging
strategies for developing effective and meaningful education programs
for Indigenous students.”
       Dr. Lily Wong Fillmore, Professor Emeritus, University of California
at Berkeley writes, “Honoring Our Heritage should be required reading
for any educator who works with indigenous students––perhaps by all
educators in our diverse society. Far too many children are turned off
to school when they discover that all that they have learned from
home, family and community counts for little at school––they must
become someone other than themselves, speak a language that may not
express their truest intentions, and behave like strangers to matter
there.”
       Dr. Teresa L. McCarty, Alice Wiley Snell Professor of Education
Policy Studies and Co-director, Center for Indian Education, Arizona
State University notes, “In this wonderful collection, the editors
gather together “stories of success” in Indigenous culturally based
education. Combining theory with practice, and spanning multiple
content areas, the book is rich with strategies and hands-on resources
for inquiry-oriented, place-based instruction. With examples from
South Asia to the Southwestern U.S., the Great Lakes to the Great
Plains, readers will find clear pedagogical models that honor who
Native students are by honoring their heritage and the contemporary
contexts of their lives.”

This new paperback book is freely available on-line at
http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~jar/HOH/