The seeds we planted : portraits of a native Hawaiian charter school

Book

The seeds we planted : portraits of a native Hawaiian charter school / Noelani Goodyear-Kaʻōpua.

Summary:

"In 1999, Noelani Goodyear-Ka'ōpua was among a group of young educators and parents who founded Hālau Kū Māna, a secondary school that remains one of the only Hawaiian culture-based charter schools in urban Honolulu. The Seeds We Planted tells the story of Hālau Kū Māna against the backdrop of the Hawaiian struggle for self-determination and the U.S. charter school movement, revealing a critical tension: the successes of a school celebrating indigenous culture are measured by the standards of settler colonialism. How, Goodyear-Ka'ōpua asks, does an indigenous people use schooling to maintain and transform a common sense of purpose and interconnection of nationhood in the face of forces of imperialism and colonialism? What roles do race, gender, and place play in these processes? Her book, with its richly descriptive portrait of indigenous education in one community, offers practical answers steeped in the remarkable--and largely suppressed--history of Hawaiian popular learning and literacy. This uniquely Hawaiian experience addresses broader concerns about what it means to enact indigenous cultural-political resurgence while working within and against settler colonial structures. Ultimately, The Seeds We Planted shows that indigenous education can foster collective renewal and continuity"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9780816680474
ISBN: 0816680477
ISBN: 9780816680481
ISBN: 0816680485
Physical Description: xxi, 321 pages ; 22 cm.
Publisher: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2013]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-311) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: Introduction: Indigenous Education, Settler Colonialism, and Aloha 'Āina -- The Emergence of Indigenous Hawaiian Charter Schools -- Self-Determination within the Limits of No Child Left Behind -- Rebuilding the Structures that Feed Us: ʻAuwai, Loʻi Kalo, and Kuleana -- Enlarging Hawaiian Worlds: Waʻa Travels against Currents of Belittlement -- Creating Mana through Students' Voices -- Conclusion: The Ongoing Need to Restore Indigenous Vessels.