Native American Higher Education in the United States

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Many aspects of Native American education have been given extensive attention. There are plentiful works on the boarding school program, the mission school efforts, and other aspects of Indian education. Higher education, on the other hand, has received little examination. Select articles, passages, and occasional chapters touch on it, but regularly only in respect to specific subjects as an adjunct to education in general. There’s no thorough and comprehensive history of Native American higher education in the USA. Native American Higher Education in the USA fills this need, and is now available in paperback. Carney reviews the historical development of higher education for the Native American community from the age of discovery to the present. The creator has constructed his book chronologically in three eras: the colonial period, featuring several efforts at Indian missions in the colonial colleges; the federal period, when Native American higher education was once largely ignored with the exception of for sporadic tribal and private efforts; and the self-determination period, highlighted by the latest founding of the tribally-controlled colleges. Carney also includes a chapter comparing Native American higher education with African-American higher education. The concluding chapter discusses the current status of Native American higher education. Carney’s book fills an informational gap at the same time as at the same time opening the field of Native American higher education to continuing exploration. It is going to be valuable reading for educators and historians, and general readers interested in Native American culture.

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