You are here

Indigenous peoples and education

Last Updated: 1-May-2015

Research Skills

Find books

This guide is for those interested in the education of indigenous peoples, including Native Americans.

Subject Librarians

Kathryn M Kerns
Head of Cubberley Education Library, Curator for Education Resources, Subject Librarian for Psychology
Education Library (Cubberley)
(650) 996-0592
Live chat with librarians requires JavaScript.

Subjects

Native American studies
Education
Race and ethnicity studies

Related guides

Anthropology of education
Discrimination and equal education
Latinos and education
Multicultural education
Special needs education
Children's books by or about Native Americans

Around Stanford

Cubberley Education Library
Stanford Graduate School of Education

Background information

Encyclopedia of Diversity in Education / Editor, James A. Banks, University of Washington.
Thousand Oaks, California : SAGE Publications, Inc., 2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Reference (non-circulating) » LC1099 .E38 2012 V.1
"The major aim of this encyclopedia is to describe the most important concepts, theories, research, policies, case studies, and programs at the pre-school through the postsecondary levels and their implications for educational reform. Diversity is defined broadly in this encyclopedia and includes race, ethnicity, social class, gender, sexual orientation (LGBT), religion, language, and exceptionality, which encompasses giftedness and disability." p. xlviii

New books

Indigenous leadership in higher education / edited by Robin Starr Minthorn and Alicia Fedelina Chávez.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » E97.55 .I53 2015
Educating a diverse nation : lessons from minority-serving institutions / Clifton Conrad & Marybeth Gasman.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC3727 .C635 2015
Teaching each other : Nehinuw concepts and Indigenous pedagogies / Linda M. Goulet and Keith N. Goulet.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » E96.2 .G69 2014
Narrowing the achievement gap for Native American students : paying the educational debt / edited by Peggy McCardle and Virginia Berninger.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » E97 .N23 2015
Decolonizing Indigenous education : an Amazigh/Berber ethnographic journey / Si Belkacem Taieb.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC3538 .A54 T35 2014
Indigenous concepts of education : toward elevating humanity for all learners / edited by Berte van Wyk and Dolapo Adeniji-Neill.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC3715 .I459 2014
Indigenist African development and related issues : towards a transdisciplinary perspective / edited by Akwasi Asabere-Ameyaw ... [et al.].
Rotterdam ; Boston : Sense, c2014.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC191.8 .A4 I53 2014
Leading and managing indigenous education in the postcolonial world / Zane Ma Rhea.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC3715 .M3 2015
Intercultural postgraduate supervision : reimagining time, place and knowledge / Catherine Manathunga.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB2371 .M36 2014
The education of indigenous citizens in Latin America / edited by Regina Cortina.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC3715 .E384 2014
Education in indigenous, nomadic and travelling communities / edited by Rosarii Griffin.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC3715 .E378 2014
Connective pedagogy : elder epistemology, oral tradition and community / [edited by] Rosemary Ackley Christensen and Lisa M. Poupart.
Winnipeg : Aboriginal Issues Press, 2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » E97 .C65 2013
Colonized classrooms : racism, trauma and resistance in post-secondary education / Sheila Cote-Meek.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » E96.2 .C68 2014
Empire education, and indigenous childhoods : nineteenth-century missionary infant schools in three British colonies / Helen May (University of Otago, New Zealand), Baljit Kaur (Canada), Larry Prochner (University of Alberta, Canada).
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LA411.7 .M39 2014
Who's asking? : Native science, Western science, and science education / Douglas L. Medin and Megan Bang.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » E59 .S35 M43 2014
Ruptures : anti-colonial & anti-racist feminist theorizing / edited by Njoki Wane, Jennifer Jagire, Zahra Murad.
Rotterdam : Sense Publishers, c2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » HQ1453 .R878 2013
Success academy : how native American students prepare for college (and how colleges can prepare for them) / MaryJo Benton Lee.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » E97 .L46 2013
Early childhood education in Aotearoa, New Zealand : history, pedagogy, and liberation / Jenny Ritchie and Mere Skerrett.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1139.3 .N45 R58 2014
Beyond the asterisk : understanding Native students in higher education / edited by Heather J. Shotton, Shelly C. Lowe, and Stephanie J. Waterman ; foreword by John L. Garland.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » E97 .B49 2013
Survival schools : the American Indian Movement and community education in the Twin Cities / Julie L. Davis.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » E97.65 .M6 D38 2013
Indigenous peoples / [edited by] Rhonda Craven, Gawaian Bodkin-Andrews, Janet Mooney.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC3715 .C73 2013
Education, dominance and identity / edited by Diane B. Napier and Suzanne Majhanovich.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC201.5 .E38 2013
Teaching truly : a curriculum to indigenize mainstream education / Four Arrows (Don Trent Jacobs) with Kathryn England-Aytes, Greg Cajete, R. Michael Fisher, Barbara Alice Mann, Ed Mcgaa, Mark Sorensen.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » E97 .T43 2013
Standing together : American Indian education as culturally responsive pedagogy / [edited by] Beverly J. Klug.
Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » E97 .K57 2012
The seeds we planted : portraits of a native Hawaiian charter school / Noelani Goodyear-Kaʻōpua.
Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB2806.36 .G68 2013
American Indian educators in reservation schools / Terry Huffman.
Reno : University of Nevada Press, c2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » E97 .H783 2013
Indigenous education : a learning journey for teachers, schools and communities / edited by Nina Burridge, Frances Whalan and Karen Vaughan.
Rotterdam ; Boston : Sense Pub., c2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC3715 .I53 2012
Reform and resistance in aboriginal education / edited by Quentin Beresford, Gary Partington & Graeme Gower.
Fully rev. ed. Crawley, W.A. : UWA Publishing, c2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC3501 .A3 R43 2012

Databases

Education databases

ERIC [electronic resource] : the educational resources information center.
[Washington, DC : National Library of Education?, 199?-
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
Bibliographic database of educational resources including articles, reports, and curriculum.
Education full text [electronic resource].
[Bronx, N.Y.] : H.W. Wilson Co.
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
Indexes and abstracts articles of English-language periodicals and books on education from 1983 on. Abstracting coverage begins with January 1994. Full-text coverage begins in January 1996 and is available for over half the 600 journals indexed.
Education week American education news site of record [electronic resource].
Bethesda, MD : Editorial Projects in Education, Inc.
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
Teachers College record book reviews [electronic resource].
Birmingham, AL : Teachers College Record
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
"Teachers College Record Book Reviews provides comprehensive reviews of the leading books in education and educational research by major scholars in these fields. "

Related databases

Australian education index.
Hawthorn [etc.], Australian Council for Educational Research.
SAL3 (off-campus storage) » Stacks » Z5813 .A85 V.43:PT.2 2000
"The Australian Education Index is a comprehensive collection of educational research documents relating to educational trends, policy, and practices. The database is produced by the Cunningham Library at the Australian Council for Educational Research and is Australia's largest source of education information. Coverage includes trends and practices in teaching, learning and educational management. Coverage: 1977 - current "
Bibliography of native North Americans [electronic resource].
[Norwood, Mass.] : SilverPlatter Information,
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
Indexes works from the sixteenth century to the present, including monographs, essays, journal articles, dissertations and U.S. and Canadian government publications. Areas covered include native American topics and issues, including education, anthropology, psychology, political science, sociology, and legal and medical research.

Websites

New Zealand Foundation for Character Education (Cornerstone Values)
"'Building Character through Cornerstone Values' is an indigenous New Zealand approach to the development of character which had its origins at the Waihopai School, Invercargill, following the 1989 reforms known as "Tomorrow's Schools" and the provision for local learning objectives in a school charter."
UNESCO International Bureau of Education Databases
American Indian boarding schools
"A supplementary curriculum guide."