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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
State Univ of New York Pr
Publication date
July 2, 2016
Pages
282
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Reprint
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781438457680
ISBN-10
1438457685
Dimensions
0 by 6 by 9 in.
Original list price
$25.95
Other format details
university press
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Examines the educational programs American Indians developed to preserve their cultural and ethnic identity, improve their livelihood, and serve the needs of their youth in Chicago.
After World War II, American Indians began relocating to urban areas in large numbers, in search of employment. Partly influenced by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, this migration from rural reservations to metropolitan centers presented both challenges and opportunities. This history examines the educational programs American Indians developed in Chicago and gives particular attention to how the American Indian community chose its own distinct path within and outside of the larger American Indian self-determination movement. In what John J. Laukaitis terms community self-determination, American Indians in Chicago demonstrated considerable agency as they developed their own programs and worked within already existent institutions. The community-based initiatives included youth programs at the American Indian Center and St. Augustineâs Center for American Indians, the Native American Committeeâs Adult Learning Center, Little Big Horn High School, O-Wai-Ya-Wa Elementary School, Native American Educational Services College, and the Institute for Native American Development at Truman College. Community Self-Determination presents the first major examination of these initiatives and programs and provides an understanding of how education functioned as a form of activism for Chicagoâs American Indian community.
âJohn Laukaitis has produced an important book on the role of education in the Chicago American Indian community. His meticulous research in a wide array of manuscript collections and extensive oral interviews clearly convey to readers that he knows the city, knows the places, and knows the people.â â Daniel M. Cobb, author of Native Activism in Cold War America: The Struggle for Sovereignty
After World War II, American Indians began relocating to urban areas in large numbers, in search of employment. Partly influenced by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, this migration from rural reservations to metropolitan centers presented both challenges and opportunities. This history examines the educational programs American Indians developed in Chicago and gives particular attention to how the American Indian community chose its own distinct path within and outside of the larger American Indian self-determination movement. In what John J. Laukaitis terms community self-determination, American Indians in Chicago demonstrated considerable agency as they developed their own programs and worked within already existent institutions. The community-based initiatives included youth programs at the American Indian Center and St. Augustineâs Center for American Indians, the Native American Committeeâs Adult Learning Center, Little Big Horn High School, O-Wai-Ya-Wa Elementary School, Native American Educational Services College, and the Institute for Native American Development at Truman College. Community Self-Determination presents the first major examination of these initiatives and programs and provides an understanding of how education functioned as a form of activism for Chicagoâs American Indian community.
âJohn Laukaitis has produced an important book on the role of education in the Chicago American Indian community. His meticulous research in a wide array of manuscript collections and extensive oral interviews clearly convey to readers that he knows the city, knows the places, and knows the people.â â Daniel M. Cobb, author of Native Activism in Cold War America: The Struggle for Sovereignty
Editions
Hardcover
from State Univ of New York Pr (October 1, 2015); titled "Community Self-Determination: American Indian Education in Chicago, 1952-2006"
9781438457697 | details & prices | 264 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 1.00 in. | 1.25 lbs | List price $85.00
About: After World War II, American Indians began relocating to urban areas in large numbers, in search of employment.
About: After World War II, American Indians began relocating to urban areas in large numbers, in search of employment.
Paperback
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Reprint edition from State Univ of New York Pr (July 2, 2016); titled "Community Self-determination: American Indian Education in Chicago, 1952-2006"
9781438457680 | details & prices | 282 pages | List price $25.95
About: Examines the educational programs American Indians developed to preserve their cultural and ethnic identity, improve their livelihood, and serve the needs of their youth in Chicago.
About: Examines the educational programs American Indians developed to preserve their cultural and ethnic identity, improve their livelihood, and serve the needs of their youth in Chicago.
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