Native Cultural Competency in Mainstream Schooling, 1st ed. 2018
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This book provides an in-depth analysis of Native American educational issues in the Northeast and highlights teacher training and instruction that address the experience and needs of the many Native students that attend reservation border town schools. Williams and Cole expand upon the results of a participatory action study that explored the barriers to success for Native American students in mainstream schooling during the process of creating and implementing a Native cultural competency teacher-training program for classroom teachers. They document the evolution of cross-cultural relationships and interactions in a diverse schooling context and aim to usher in concrete changes in school experiences and educational outcomes for Native American students by fostering non-Native teachers? growth in cultural competency.
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. The Study
Chapter 3. Cultural Disconnect
Chapter 4. History of Mohawk Education in Mainstream Schooling
Chapter 5. Mistrust
Chapter 6. 200% Education: The Two-Strand Wampum Treaty
Chapter 7. Developmental Trajectory of Understanding: A Model for Change
Chapter 8. The Teacher Training Program: Content and Implementation
Chapter 9. Cultural Competency: Outcomes and Applications
Sharon Vegh Williams is Visiting Assistant Professor of Education at St. Lawrence University, USA.

Joni M. Cole is Education Development Specialist for the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe in Akwesasne, USA.

Studies the collaborative efforts of Native and non-Native educators and demonstrates how the discordant relationship between the Native and non-Native communities negatively impact students, teachers, and the school district as a whole

Leverages cross-cultural collaboration in the service of broad-based, district-wide systemic change for heterogeneous, reservation border town communities

Analysis of the results of the study culminates in a practical, research-based model for teacher training in Native cultural competency applicable to a variety of regional and national school settings