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The Role of Education in American Indian Self‐Determination: Lessons from the Ramah Navajo Community School
Author(s) -
MANUELITO KATHRYN
Publication year - 2005
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.2005.36.1.073
Subject(s) - navajo , indigenous , operationalization , native american , sociology , native american studies , self determination , community education , gender studies , pedagogy , social science , political science , anthropology , law , epistemology , ecology , philosophy , linguistics , biology
Since 1975 the Indian Self‐Determination and Educational Assistance Act has enabled American Indian communities to enact self‐determination through community‐based schooling. In this study conducted by a Navajo researcher, the Ramah Navajo community defined self‐determination and how it was operationalized within the community and school. The study demonstrates how education based on Navajo epistemology has been integral to self‐determination at Ramah, underscoring the importance of incorporating Native American epistemologies in schooling for Indigenous students.