I would like to introduce you to a new book called The Yazzie Case: Building a Public Education System for Our Indigenous Future (Studies in Indigenous Community Building) by Wendy S. Greyeyes (Editor), Lloyd L. Lee (Editor), and Glenabah Michelle Martinez (Editor) which I received a copy of in exchange for this review. Inside this post is my affiliate links. If you click on the link and make a purchase I will make a small percentage from the products you purchase.
Interested and allows for plenty of teaching moments not only for High School students but adults as well. I learned about racism and racism and colonial barriers impacting all Native American students in New Mexico’s public schools
Through The Yazzie Case: Building a Public Education System for Our Indigenous Future (Studies in Indigenous Community Building) I learned about people I hadn’t heard of before. I also have learned what to look for in Schools our children may attend.
If you haven’t had the opportunity to check out The Yazzie Case: Building a Public Education System for Our Indigenous Future (Studies in Indigenous Community Building) you should as soon as possible and share this book with your friends and family especially any teachers you may know.
About:
The story of Wilhelmina Yazzie and her son’s effort to seek an adequate education in New Mexico schools revealed an educational system with poor policy implementation, inadequate funding, and piecemeal educational reform. The 2018 decision in the Yazzie/Martinez lawsuit proved what has always been known: the educational needs of Native American students were not being met.
In this superb collection of essays, the contributors cover the background and significance of the lawsuit and its impact on racial and social politics. The Yazzie Case provides essential reading for educators, policy analysts, attorneys, professors, and students to understand the historically entrenched racism and colonial barriers impacting all Native American students in New Mexico’s public schools. It constructs a new vision and calls for transformational change to resolve the systemic challenges plaguing Native American students in New Mexico’s public education system.
Contributors
Georgina Badoni
Cynthia Benally
Rebecca Blum Martínez
Nathaniel Charley
Melvatha R. Chee
Shiv R. Desai
Donna Deyhle
Terri Flowerday
Wendy S. Greyeyes
Alexandra Bray Kinsella
Lloyd L. Lee
Tiffany S. Lee
Nancy López
Hondo Louis (photographer)
Glenabah Martinez
Natalie Martinez
Jonathan Nez
Carlotta Penny Bird
Karl Pino (cover artist)
Preston Sanchez
Karen C. Sanchez-Griego
Christine Sims
Leola Tsinnajinnie Paquin
Vincent Werito
Wilhelmina Yazzie
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
