American Indian Educators in Reservation Schools

Contents

vii Preface ix Introduction 1 1 Hope for a Better Tomorrow Affinitive Educators and Facilitative Educators 11 2 Every Reason to Succeed Characteristics of the Educators 35 3 Challenges Are Every Day Prevailing Challenges Facing the Educators 53 4 If I Made a Difference for One Intrinsic Rewards Serving Reservation Students 78 5 Not Every Child Is the Same Reservation Schools in the Era of No Child Left Behind 94 6 Spread Like Wildfire Importance of American Indian Educators 113 7 You Have to Know the Culture Cultural Identity and Tribal Cultural Education 130 Appendix. Methodology, Theoretical Framework, and Research with Native Peoples 152 References 163 Index 173 Contents ...