Through an in-depth study of Alaskan indigenous communities, Jennings explores the relationship between land and education. He reveals how Euro-American institutions attempt to redefine indigenous understandings of land and spirituality to make them conform to those in the dominant society. The author proposes educational agendas that are components of native sovereignty, with their distinctive spiritual, intellectual, and material relationships to land. This book is valuable for educational policymakers, and instructors in education, anthropology and Native American studies.

Chapter 1 Introduction: From the Land Chapter 2 1: Worldviews and Institutional Conflict Chapter 3 2: Education, Economy, Empire Chapter 4 3: The Native Agenda for Rural Education Chapter 5 4: Structural Responses to Human Needs Chapter 6 5: Urban Agendas Chapter 7 6: Conclusion: Indigenous Control of Education Chapter 8 Bibliography