Indigenous Education and Empowerment

Ismael Abu-Saad is Professor of Education and founder of the Center for Bedouin Studies and Development at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. He received his Ph.D. in Educational Policy and Administration from the University of Minnesota. Duane Champagne is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Native Nations Law & Policy Center, University of California, Los Angeles.

• 1 Acknowledgments2 Introduction: Seeking Common Ground Through Education: An Introduction3 1. Athabaskan Education: The Case of Denendeh Past, Present and Future4 2. Four Directions for Indian Education5 3. Deconstructing Captivities: Indigenous Women Reshaping Education and Justice6 4. Decolonizing Athabaskan Education: Aboriginal and Treaty Rights in Denendeh7 5. Hear the silenced voices and make that relationship: Issues of Relational Ethics in Aboriginal contexts8 6. Identity Formation among Indigenous Youth in Majority-Controlled Schools: Palestinian Arabs in Israel9 7. Education, Culture and Nation Building: Development of the Tribal Learning Community and Educational Exchange10 8. TalanoaMalie: Social and Educational Empowerment for Tongans by Tongans in the 'Pasifika' Education Proposal11 9. Articulating Indigenous People' Culture in Education12 Index13 About the Authors