Across Lands and Waters: Storying the Future of Indigenous Education

Experts from the field of indigenous education offer vital perspectives and resources for transforming the future for Native studentsAcross Lands and Waters is the first book to offer a vision for the future of Indigenous education in the United States-a rich tapestry of ideas, frameworks, and dreams for teachers and educators grappling with how to educate and inspire the nation’s native students.The result of a unique, years-long collaboration among the leading experts and practitioners in the field.Across Lands and Waters was developed as an urgent resource for classrooms and other educational settings in every state and tribal nation. Offering a deep well of stories and perspectives from different Indigenous traditions, the contributors examine why we educate, what the role of schools can be in overcoming racist and colonial legacies, and how to envision a radically different future.They also discuss such crucial topics as how a colonial system of education erases Indigenous realiti