The seeds we planted : portraits of a native Hawaiian charter school / Noelani Goodyear-Kaʻōpua.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goodyear-Kaʻōpua, Noelani, author.

Series:

First peoples (2010)

First peoples: new directions in indigenous studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Charter schools--Hawaii--Case studies.

Charter schools.

Place-based education--Hawaii--Case studies.

Place-based education.

Indigenous peoples--Education--Hawaii--Case studies.

Indigenous peoples.

Indigenous peoples--Education.

Hawaii.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xxi, 321 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2013]

Summary:

"In 1999, Noelani Goodyear-Ka'ōpua was among a group of young educators and parents who founded Hālau Kū Māna, a secondary school that remains one of the only Hawaiian culture-based charter schools in urban Honolulu. The Seeds We Planted tells the story of Hālau Kū Māna against the backdrop of the Hawaiian struggle for self-determination and the U.S. charter school movement, revealing a critical tension: the successes of a school celebrating indigenous culture are measured by the standards of settler colonialism. How, Goodyear-Ka'ōpua asks, does an indigenous people use schooling to maintain and transform a common sense of purpose and interconnection of nationhood in the face of forces of imperialism and colonialism? What roles do race, gender, and place play in these processes? Her book, with its richly descriptive portrait of indigenous education in one community, offers practical answers steeped in the remarkable--and largely suppressed--history of Hawaiian popular learning and literacy. This uniquely Hawaiian experience addresses broader concerns about what it means to enact indigenous cultural-political resurgence while working within and against settler colonial structures. Ultimately, The Seeds We Planted shows that indigenous education can foster collective renewal and continuity"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

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Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Indigenous Education, Settler Colonialism, and Aloha 'Āina

1. The Emergence of Indigenous Hawaiian Charter Schools

2. Self-Determination within the Limits of No Child Left Behind

3. Rebuilding the Structures that Feed Us: ʻAuwai, Loʻi Kalo, and Kuleana

4. Enlarging Hawaiian Worlds: Waʻa Travels against Currents of Belittlement

5. Creating Mana through Students' Voices

Conclusion: The Ongoing Need to Restore Indigenous Vessels

Notes

Glossary

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780816680474

0816680477

9780816680481

0816680485

OCLC:

816563831