Indigenous Educational Models for Contemporary Practice: In Our Mother's Voice

The book challenges teachers, researchers, educational leaders, and community stakeholders to build dynamic learning environments through which indigenous learners can be "Boldly Indigenous in a Global World!" Three days of focused dialogue at the 2005 World Indigenous Peoples Conference on Education (WIPCE) led to the charge to create Volume II of Indigenous Educational Models for Contemporary Practice: In Our Mother’s Voice. Building on the first volume, Volume II examines these topics:



Regenerating and transforming language and culture pedagogy that reminds us that what is "Contemporary is Native"


Living indigenous leadership that engages and ensures the presence, readiness, and civic work of our next generation of leaders


Indigenizing assessment and accountability that makes certain that native values and strengths lead this important work


Highlighting the power of partnerships that begin with the child-elder, which is then nurtured in community and institutions to cross boundaries of cultural difference, physical geography, native and non-native institutions and communities


Indigenous Educational Models for Contemporary Practice: In Our Mother’s Voice, Volume II honors the wisdom of our ancestors, highlights the diversity of our indigenous stories, and illuminates the passion of forward-looking scholars.

About the Editor: Maenette Benham, Kanaka Maoli, is a Professor in the Department of Educational Administration at Michigan State University. As a scholar, mentor, and teacher, her inquiry centers on engaged leadership; the wisdom of knowing and praxis of social justice; and the effects of educational policy on indigenous people. She is the author of numerous articles and books on these topics.

@contents: Selected Contents
Table of Contents
Foreword Valorie Johnson, W.K. Kellogg FoundationSeries Editor Foreword Joel Spring, Series Editor
Preface Maenette K.P, Ah Nee-Benham
Section I: New Horizons for Language and Culture
Basket as Metaphor: The Base of the Basket, Samuel SuinaOpening Recitation: Ganönyö:k, Seneca Thanksgiving Speech, Larry E. Wheeler1: Introduction: Go to the Source: The Contemporary is Native
2: Creating Culture in the Here and Now: Regenerating Rituals in Purposeful Epistemologies, Tarajean Yazzie-Mintz
3: Transforming the Self: Living-into “Contemporary is Native” Becoming and Being, Teresa Magnuson Honoring Our Role as Fathers, Jeremy Garcia
4: Generating a Sustainable Legacy: Teaching Founded Upon the Kumu Honua Mauli Ola, Kalena Silva, Makalapua Alencastre, Keiki Kawai‘ae‘a, and Alohalani Housman
5: “Ho?i hou i ke kumu!” Teachers as Nation Builders, Keiki Kawai‘ae‘a
Section II: Leadership is Living Indigenous in a New Way
Basket as Metaphor: The Shaping of the Basket, Samuel Suina
1: Living Leadership, Maenette K.P. Ah Nee-Benham
2: The Stories Inside, Edyael Casaperalta
3: What Does It Mean to Lead and Advocate for Our A’ani Language? Lynette Stein-Chandler4: Life Lessons From the Land: Loko Kuapa as Leadership Model, Noelani Lee5: Leading in Relationship, Learning From Our Youths, Malia Villegas6: Gustango Gold: Lessons in Leadership From Corn, Lawrence E. Wheeler7: Leadership Defined By Action: “Lead by Example”, Theresa Jackson8: A Journey Home: Did We Ever Leave? Jeremy Garcia9: From Indian to Odawa, A Journey Toward Understanding Identity, Matthew VanAlstine10: Passing the Torch: Preserving the Flame, Teresa Magnuson11: Awakening the Power Within, Lai-Lani Ovalles12: What’s Next? Maenette Benham
Section III: Indigenizing Accountability and Assessment
Basket as Metaphor: Weaving the Basket, Samuel Suina
1: A Story Shared, Katherine Tibbetts, Susan Faircloth and Maenette Benham, with Tamarah Pfeiffer
2: Our Stories – Turning Our Gaze Inwarda) Making Assessment Personal: The Relevance of Local Knowledge and Holding Oneself Accountable, Susan Faircloth b) Making Assessment Data Meaningful: Rigor that is Purposeful and Culturally Grounded, Malia Villegasc) Making Assessment Matter: All Our Relations, Lawrence Wheelerd) Making Assessment Indigenous: Reflecting the Reciprocal Nature of Learning, Katherine Tibbetts and K? Kahakalau
5: Looking Forward, Katherine Tibbetts and Susan Faircloth
Section IV: The Promise and Joy of Partnerships
Basket as Metaphor: The Braid Links All Parts of the Basket, Samuel SuinaA Poem of Partnership, Lai-Lani Ovalles & Partners
1: The foundational partnership: Learning from the Voices of our Elders, Maenette Ah Nee-Benham and Francisco Guajardo
2: The Heart of the Story: Framing Partnerships, Francisco Guajardo3: Teaching Cases, Reflections, and Commentariesa) Cultural Partnerships Confront School Culture, Jeremy Garcia (Mentor, Michael Pavel)o Commentaries: Iris PrettyPaint and Shelly Valdezo Reflections on the Case: Jeremy Garcia and Michael Pavelb) Threats to Our Ancient Partnership With the Land: Molokai Nui a Hina, Noelani Lee (Mentor, Julie Kaomea)o Commentaries: Troy Richardson and N?lani Wilsono Reflections on the Case: Noelani Lee and Julie Kaomeac) Maintaining Your Mission While Partnering With People, Educational Institutions, and Communities, Lynette Stein-Chandler (Mentor, Katie Cherrington)o Commentaries: Mindy Morgan and Mary Eunice Romero-Little o Reflections on the Case: Lynette Stein-Chandler and Katie Cherringtond) Tribal Nation Community and Mainstream Institution Partnerships, Matthew VanAlstine (Mentor, Wayne Stein)o Commentaries: Bryan McKinley Jones Brayboy and Paul Johnsono Reflections on the Case: Matthew VanAlstine and Wayne Steine) “Young Man . . . Turn That Camera On. . . . Stories on Cross-Cultural Connections, Francisco Guajardo (Mentees: Edyael Casaperalta and Lai-Lani Ovalles)o Commentaries: Teresa L. McCarty and J. Kehaulani Kauanuio Reflections on the Case: Francisco Guajardo, Edyael Casaperalta, and Lai-Lani Ovalles
Section V: Reflections on Our Work
Challenge to All Indigenous Scholar-Practitioners, Henrietta Mann