A History of Navajo Nation Education: Disentangling Our Sovereign Body
A History of Navajo Nation Education: Disentangling Our Sovereign Body unravels the tangle of federal and state education programs that have been imposed on Navajo people and illuminates the ongoing efforts by tribal communities to transfer state authority over Diné education to the Navajo Nation.

On the heels of the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Department of Diné Education, this important education history explains how the current Navajo educational system is a complex terrain of power relationships, competing agendas, and jurisdictional battles influenced by colonial pressures and tribal resistance. An iron grip of colonial domination over Navajo education remains, thus inhibiting a unified path toward educational sovereignty. In providing the historical roots to today’s challenges, Wendy Shelly Greyeyes clears the path and provides a go-to reference to move discussions forward.
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A History of Navajo Nation Education: Disentangling Our Sovereign Body
A History of Navajo Nation Education: Disentangling Our Sovereign Body unravels the tangle of federal and state education programs that have been imposed on Navajo people and illuminates the ongoing efforts by tribal communities to transfer state authority over Diné education to the Navajo Nation.

On the heels of the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Department of Diné Education, this important education history explains how the current Navajo educational system is a complex terrain of power relationships, competing agendas, and jurisdictional battles influenced by colonial pressures and tribal resistance. An iron grip of colonial domination over Navajo education remains, thus inhibiting a unified path toward educational sovereignty. In providing the historical roots to today’s challenges, Wendy Shelly Greyeyes clears the path and provides a go-to reference to move discussions forward.
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A History of Navajo Nation Education: Disentangling Our Sovereign Body

A History of Navajo Nation Education: Disentangling Our Sovereign Body

A History of Navajo Nation Education: Disentangling Our Sovereign Body

A History of Navajo Nation Education: Disentangling Our Sovereign Body

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A History of Navajo Nation Education: Disentangling Our Sovereign Body unravels the tangle of federal and state education programs that have been imposed on Navajo people and illuminates the ongoing efforts by tribal communities to transfer state authority over Diné education to the Navajo Nation.

On the heels of the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Department of Diné Education, this important education history explains how the current Navajo educational system is a complex terrain of power relationships, competing agendas, and jurisdictional battles influenced by colonial pressures and tribal resistance. An iron grip of colonial domination over Navajo education remains, thus inhibiting a unified path toward educational sovereignty. In providing the historical roots to today’s challenges, Wendy Shelly Greyeyes clears the path and provides a go-to reference to move discussions forward.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780816544868
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Publication date: 03/01/2022
Pages: 272
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Wendy Shelly Greyeyes (Diné) is an assistant professor of Native American studies at the University of New Mexico and a research consultant with the Department of Diné Education.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations ix

Foreword Kevin K. Washburn xi

Acknowledgments xv

List of Abbreviations xix

1 Decolonizing Educational Domains 3

2 The Roots of Entanglement 33

3 The Navajo Educational Terrain 63

4 The Rise of Local Community Schools 85

5 The Rise of Centralized Education 103

6 The Challenges to Dine Education Sovereignty 144

7 Conclusion: Disentangling Our Sovereign Body 166

Appendix A Navajo Education (DODE) Legislative and Historical Timeline 179

Appendix B Schools on the Navajo Nation Reservation 207

Notes 213

Index 235

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