Decolonizing Education: Nourishing the Learning Spirit

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Cover; Contents; Foreword; 1 Introduction; 2 The Legacy of Forced Assimilative Education for Indigenous Peoples; 3 Mi'kmaw Education: Roots and Routes; 4 Creating the Indigenous Renaissance; 5 Animating Ethical Trans-Systemic Education Systems; 6 Confronting and Eliminating Racism; 7 Respecting Aboriginal Languages in Education Systems; 8 Displacing Cognitive Imperialism; 9 Recommendations for Constituional Reconciliation of Education; 10 Possibilities of Educational Transformations; References; Index;An impassioned argument for Aboriginal education and critical engagement with Indigenous knowledges and traditions. Cover Contents Foreword 1 Introduction 2 The Legacy of Forced Assimilative Education for Indigenous Peoples 3 Mi'kmaw Education: Roots and Routes 4 Creating the Indigenous Renaissance 5 Animating Ethical Trans-Systemic Education Systems 6 Confronting and Eliminating Racism 7 Respecting Aboriginal Languages in Education Systems 8 Displacing Cognitive Imperialism 9 Recommendations for Constituional Reconciliation of Education 10 Possibilities of Educational Transformations References Index