Free to Be Mohawk: Indigenous Education at the Akwesasne Freedom School (Volume 12 of the New Directions in Native American Studies Series)
(Book #12 in the New Directions in Native American Studies Series)
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Akwesasne territory straddles the U.S.-Canada border in upstate New York, Ontario, and Quebec. In 1979, in the midst of a major conflict regarding self-governance, traditional Mohawks there asserted their sovereign rights to self-education. Concern over the loss of language and culture and clashes with the public school system over who had the right to educate their children sparked the birth of the Akwesasne Freedom School (AFS) and its grassroots,...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0806151544
ISBN13:9780806151540
Release Date:July 2016
Publisher:University of Oklahoma Press
Length:238 Pages
Weight:0.79 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"
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