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Native American Studies in Higher Education: Models for Collaboration between Universities and Indigenous Nations (Contemporary Native American Communities)

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Collaboratively compiled and edited by Duane Champagne (Professor of Sociology and Director of the American Indian Studies Center, UCLA) and Jay Stauss (Director of American Indian Studies, University of Arizona), Native American Studies In Higher Education: Models For Collaboration Between Universities And Indigenous Nations brings together informed and informative essays contributed by a variety of learned authors concerning Native American studies courses in American and Canadian universities. From the opposing forces of assimilation agendas; to the long battle to represent Native American cultures as worthy of study; to the struggle to reach out to and retain Native American students, so much more, Native American Studies In Higher Education offers a cornucopia of diverse commentaries with a common theme of embracing knowledge to promote a better tomorrow for all Native Americans, as well as the broader and dominant North American culture.