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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Like the stone walls of the ancient irrigation ditches rebuilt by the Halau Ku Mana Native Hawaiian Charter School that Noelani Goodyear-Ka‘opua writes of, this book channels the pain, struggle, hope, and mana (power and authority) of the Hawaiian people into a place of life and growth. Drawing deftly upon Native studies, history, anthropology, gender studies, cultural studies, and education,
The Seeds We Planted redefines the meaning and purpose of ethnography." —Ty P. Kawika Tengan, University of Hawai’i, Manoa
"In this powerfully told story of Indigenous language, education, and cultural reclamation, Goodyear-Ka‘opua documents how the seeds of resistance to colonial schooling have brought forth a remarkable educational enterprise, the Halau Ku Mana public charter school. The school exemplifies a strengths-based, Indigenous self-determined pedagogy. This beautifully written book is one that all those concerned with education for a critical, sustainable, pluricultural democracy will want to read, use, and share widely." —Teresa L. McCarty, University of California, Los Angeles
Table of Contents
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Indigenous Education, Settler Colonialism, and Aloha ‘Āina
1. The Emergence of Indigenous Hawaiian Charter Schools
2. Self-Determination within the Limits of No Child Left Behind
3. Rebuilding the Structures that Feed Us: ʻAuwai, Loʻi Kalo, and Kuleana
4. Enlarging Hawaiian Worlds: Waʻa Travels against Currents of Belittlement
5. Creating Mana through Students’ Voices
Conclusion: The Ongoing Need to Restore Indigenous Vessels
Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
