Description

Book Synopsis
Features a collection of short stories told in collaboration with five Native families that speak to the everyday aspects of Indigenous educational resurgence rooted in the intergenerational learning that occurs between mothers and their children.

Table of Contents
  • Contents
  • Series Foreword Django Paris xi
  • Foreword Megan Bang xiii
  • Acknowledgments xv
  • Prologue xix
  • Introduction 1
  • Co-Developed From the Beginning: Self-in-Relation 3
  • Resurgence in the Everyday 7
  • Refusing the "Me": Toward the Implications of "We" 8
  • An Unfulfilled Promise: Formal Schooling in Indigenous Communities 10
  • Combating "Deficit Distractions" 12
  • Listening to Connect as a Story Supporter: Methods 16
  • Questions to Consider 18
  • 1. Michael and Mali 21
  • Michael Munson and Timothy San Pedro
  • History of Homelands 22
  • Introducing Michael and Mali 23
  • Songs From the Spirits 24
  • Wiping Tears Away 25
  • At Home: In Community 26
  • Identity Detours 26
  • Head Start to Where? 28
  • Head Start to Love 31
  • Nk̓ʷusm Salish Language School 32
  • Stepping Up by Stepping In 34
  • Protecting the Seams 35
  • 2. Alayna, Kyyalyn, and Waaruxti 39
  • Alayna Eagle Shield and Timothy San Pedro
  • Introducing Alayna 41
  • #NoDAPL 41
  • Introducing Waaruxti 43
  • Introducing Kyyalyn 45
  • Coming Together as One Family 46
  • Living Language Together 48
  • Language Post-Its 49
  • White Buffalo Calf Woman 51
  • Waaruxti and School 52
  • Standing Up 54
  • Singing Prayer 55
  • Sharing Lakȟóta 56
  • Spirit Dish 57
  • Language and Tribal Knowledge Intertwined 57
  • 3. Tara and Scyla 61
  • Tara Ramos, Scyla Dowd, and Timothy San Pedro
  • Scyla Raised Her Hand 62
  • Introducing Scyla 63
  • Introducing Tara 65
  • Tara and Scyla's Relationship 67
  • Going "Home" 68
  • The Dangers of a Model Minority 73
  • Advocating for Equity 75
  • Decolonizing vs. Indigenizing 75
  • Advocating for Indigenous Peoples' Day 77
  • Refusing Indigenous Peoples' Day 79
  • 4. Kristina and Demetrius 85
  • Kristina Lucero, Demetrius Lucero, and Timothy San Pedro
  • Introducing Kristina 85
  • Introducing Demetrius 88
  • "Can I Help You?" 90
  • "They're So Native" 91
  • Enduring Lacrosse 92
  • Forcing Special Ed 96
  • Demetrius and Schooling 97
  • In the In-Between 99
  • "I Do It to Get Through School" 103
  • Thanksgiving Dinner Talk: Learning With Grandma 105
  • 5. Faith and Daliyah 113
  • Faith Price, Daliyah Killsback, and Timothy San Pedro
  • Phone Call Reflection 113
  • Introducing Daliyah 116
  • Introducing Faith 117
  • Pendleton Pillows 118
  • Required Freshman Humanities Course 119
  • Back to School 123
  • First Native Instructor 124
  • "There Are an Infinite Possibility of Ways to Be Indigenous" 126
  • School Talk: Rants/Lectures 127
  • A Place to Be Native 129
  • Changing the Humanities Course: Blah, Blah, Blah Pedagogy 132
  • Presentation of Gifts 135
  • Conclusion: Montana Gathering 137
  • Epilogue: Questions to Connect Forward 157
  • Purposes of the Epilogue 159
  • Lesson Ideas: Carrying Stories to New Places 161
  • Questions Forward 163
  • Chapter 1: Michael and Mali 165
  • Chapter 2: Alayna, Kyyalyn, and Waaruxti 169
  • Chapter 3: Tara and Scyla 173
  • Chapter 4: Kristina and Demetrius 178
  • Chapter 5: Faith and Daliyah 183
  • Appendix: A Note on Terms 191
  • Notes 195
  • References 197
  • Index 204
  • About the Author 214

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      Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
      Publication Date: 4/2/2021 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780807765005, 978-0807765005
      ISBN10: 0807765007
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Features a collection of short stories told in collaboration with five Native families that speak to the everyday aspects of Indigenous educational resurgence rooted in the intergenerational learning that occurs between mothers and their children.

      Table of Contents
      • Contents
      • Series Foreword Django Paris xi
      • Foreword Megan Bang xiii
      • Acknowledgments xv
      • Prologue xix
      • Introduction 1
      • Co-Developed From the Beginning: Self-in-Relation 3
      • Resurgence in the Everyday 7
      • Refusing the "Me": Toward the Implications of "We" 8
      • An Unfulfilled Promise: Formal Schooling in Indigenous Communities 10
      • Combating "Deficit Distractions" 12
      • Listening to Connect as a Story Supporter: Methods 16
      • Questions to Consider 18
      • 1. Michael and Mali 21
      • Michael Munson and Timothy San Pedro
      • History of Homelands 22
      • Introducing Michael and Mali 23
      • Songs From the Spirits 24
      • Wiping Tears Away 25
      • At Home: In Community 26
      • Identity Detours 26
      • Head Start to Where? 28
      • Head Start to Love 31
      • Nk̓ʷusm Salish Language School 32
      • Stepping Up by Stepping In 34
      • Protecting the Seams 35
      • 2. Alayna, Kyyalyn, and Waaruxti 39
      • Alayna Eagle Shield and Timothy San Pedro
      • Introducing Alayna 41
      • #NoDAPL 41
      • Introducing Waaruxti 43
      • Introducing Kyyalyn 45
      • Coming Together as One Family 46
      • Living Language Together 48
      • Language Post-Its 49
      • White Buffalo Calf Woman 51
      • Waaruxti and School 52
      • Standing Up 54
      • Singing Prayer 55
      • Sharing Lakȟóta 56
      • Spirit Dish 57
      • Language and Tribal Knowledge Intertwined 57
      • 3. Tara and Scyla 61
      • Tara Ramos, Scyla Dowd, and Timothy San Pedro
      • Scyla Raised Her Hand 62
      • Introducing Scyla 63
      • Introducing Tara 65
      • Tara and Scyla's Relationship 67
      • Going "Home" 68
      • The Dangers of a Model Minority 73
      • Advocating for Equity 75
      • Decolonizing vs. Indigenizing 75
      • Advocating for Indigenous Peoples' Day 77
      • Refusing Indigenous Peoples' Day 79
      • 4. Kristina and Demetrius 85
      • Kristina Lucero, Demetrius Lucero, and Timothy San Pedro
      • Introducing Kristina 85
      • Introducing Demetrius 88
      • "Can I Help You?" 90
      • "They're So Native" 91
      • Enduring Lacrosse 92
      • Forcing Special Ed 96
      • Demetrius and Schooling 97
      • In the In-Between 99
      • "I Do It to Get Through School" 103
      • Thanksgiving Dinner Talk: Learning With Grandma 105
      • 5. Faith and Daliyah 113
      • Faith Price, Daliyah Killsback, and Timothy San Pedro
      • Phone Call Reflection 113
      • Introducing Daliyah 116
      • Introducing Faith 117
      • Pendleton Pillows 118
      • Required Freshman Humanities Course 119
      • Back to School 123
      • First Native Instructor 124
      • "There Are an Infinite Possibility of Ways to Be Indigenous" 126
      • School Talk: Rants/Lectures 127
      • A Place to Be Native 129
      • Changing the Humanities Course: Blah, Blah, Blah Pedagogy 132
      • Presentation of Gifts 135
      • Conclusion: Montana Gathering 137
      • Epilogue: Questions to Connect Forward 157
      • Purposes of the Epilogue 159
      • Lesson Ideas: Carrying Stories to New Places 161
      • Questions Forward 163
      • Chapter 1: Michael and Mali 165
      • Chapter 2: Alayna, Kyyalyn, and Waaruxti 169
      • Chapter 3: Tara and Scyla 173
      • Chapter 4: Kristina and Demetrius 178
      • Chapter 5: Faith and Daliyah 183
      • Appendix: A Note on Terms 191
      • Notes 195
      • References 197
      • Index 204
      • About the Author 214

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