Indigenous community : rekindling the teachings of the seventh fire

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Indigenous community : rekindling the teachings of the seventh fire / Gregory A. Cajete, Ph. D. ; foreword by James Sa'ke'j Youngblood Henderson.

Cajete, Gregory, 1952- (author.).

Summary:

"Indigenous Community explores how community is the foundation and lifeblood of Indigenous education as well as the path to sustainable ways of life. In the words of Greg Cajete, the author, What I want Indigenous readers to get is that, along with our efforts to revitalize culture and language, we must also revitalize and sustain our sense for community, because it is the context in which culture and language flourish. We must once again create a process for community leadership and develop toward this goal. We can develop ways to do this through a contemporary form of community-based education. For the non-Indigenous reader, I hope they will realize that community is indeed the medium and the message for contemporary efforts toward building sustainable community. Historically, Indigenous communities have reflected elegant and authentic forms of resilient sustainable community."--Amazon.com.

Record details

ISBN: 9781937141172
ISBN: 1937141179
Physical Description: xx, 252 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: St. Paul, Minnesota : Living Justice Press, 2015.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: Preface : an indigenous paradigm for community-based education -- Indigenous identity and the making of an indigenous teacher -- The community foundations of indigenous education -- Coming back from diaspora and the loss of community -- What is healthy community? : revitalizing indigenous community in a 21st century world -- Communities are ever unfolding stories -- Sustaining indigenous community : critical pedagogy and native science -- For the good of the people : re-creating indigenous community leadership -- Creating an indigenous community leadership studies curriculum -- Knowing, learning, and remembering-as communities -- Asking for a vision of indigenous education -- Epilogue : indigenous people, community, and climate change.