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Trauma of Sioux Indian High School Students
Author(s) -
WILSON PEGGY
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
anthropology and education quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.531
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1548-1492
pISSN - 0161-7761
DOI - 10.1525/aeq.1991.22.4.05x1194x
Subject(s) - ethnography , sociology , educational anthropology , academic achievement , transition (genetics) , mathematics education , pedagogy , social science , gender studies , psychology , anthropology , biochemistry , chemistry , gene
This study, conducted among Sioux Indian high school students in Canada, uses an ethnographic methodology to examine the factors that impact their academic performance. The article outlines the nature of the students' experiences during the transition from reserve elementary school to public high school. It describes how Indian students respond to a school environment that operates without consideration of Indian culture. Factors affecting their performance before and after the transition are addressed.