Power and Place: Indian Education in America

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.

Author: Vine Deloria Jr, Daniel R. Wildcat
Publisher: Fulcrum Publishing
Published: 08/01/2001
Pages: 176
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.34w x 0.57d
ISBN13: 9781555918590
ISBN10: 155591859X
BISAC Categories:
- Education | Essays
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | American | Native American Studies
- Education | Student Life & Student Affairs

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.