Indigenous Education Initiative

This research initiative examines various diversity issues in US schools as they relate to indigenous education. Several case study examples are included from schools in California, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Utah, and Wyoming. Focusing on Native American perspectives regarding the transition years between high school and post-secondary education, the study examines trialectic topics of increasing importance in the indigenous education literature: identity, culture, and language. Each of these topics is at the center of state, national, and international policy debates and educational reform efforts. As globalization increasingly marginalizes indigenous languages, cultures, and identities, this study offers local perspectives and highlights areas of social justice where education can intervene in a predominantly negative globalization trend that too often leads to linguistic and cultural genocide.