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Protecting the Promise: Indigenous Education Between Mothers and Their Children
Protecting the Promise is the first book in the Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies Series edited by Django Paris. It features a collection of short stories told in collaboration with five Native families that speaks to the everyday aspects of Indigenous educational resurgence rooted in the intergenerational learning that occurs between mothers and their children. The author defines resurgence as the ongoing actions that recenter Indigenous realities and knowledges, while simultaneously denouncing and healing from the damaging effects of settler colonial systems. By illuminating the potential of such educational resurgence, the book counters deficit paradigms too often placed on Indigenous communities. It also demonstrates the need to include Indigenous Knowledges within the curriculum for both in-school and out-of-school settings. These engaging narratives reframe Indigenous parents as critical and compassionate educators, cultural brokers, and storytellers who are central partners in the education of their children. Book
240 pages, Paperback
Published April 2, 2021
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July 30, 2021
Great book! I loved the non-academic style storytelling of the mothers and their children. Though this was a research project it was inundated with academic jargon which I believe was intentional by the author. It's amazing to see that Indigenous stories and teachings are being valued in academia and western modes of school are no longer being recognized as the only means of education. The stories of these mothers and the things they and their children must endure in school, connects me to my own education and what it felt like to be an Indigenous student in a western classroom. This representation and acknowledgment of these and my experiences was incredibly meaningful. All educators and parents should read this book.
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January 1, 2023Read this for an Indigenous Wisdom course for my doctorate. I highly recommend it if you're wanting to learn about other ways of knowing, learning, and doing. It was also refreshing to see another way of writing and presenting "academic" knowledge instead of the standard textbook-type of approach.
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