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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goodyear-Kaopua, Noelani.

Series:

First peoples (2010)

First peoples: new directions in indigenous studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Charter schools--Hawaii--Case studies.

Charter schools.

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

Indigenous peoples.

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

Place-based education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (345 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In 1999, Noelani Goodyear-Ka'opua was among a group of young educators and parents who founded Halau Ku Mana, 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 Halau Ku Mana 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'opua asks, does an indigenous people

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Indigenous Education, Settler Colonialism, and Aloha 'Āina; Chapter 1: The Emergence of Indigenous Hawaiian Charter Schools; Chapter 2: Self-Determination within the Limits of No Child Left Behind; Chapter 3: Rebuilding the Structures That Feed Us: 'Auwai, Lo'i Kalo, and Kuleana; Chapter 4: Enlarging Hawaiian Worlds: Wa'a Travels against Currents of Belittlement; Chapter 5: Creating Mana through Students' Voices; Conclusion: The Ongoing Need to Restore Indigenous Vessels; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I

KL; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-8908-3