{"product_id":"across-lands-and-waters-megan-bang-9781620978207","title":"Across Lands and Waters: Storying the Future of Indigenous Education","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExperts from the field of Indigenous education offer inspiring and vital perspectives, wonders, and responses for transforming the future for Native students \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Indigenous peoples have always been futurists, always taking into the heart, mind, and prayer future generations, always understanding that Native Nation-building is a project of immediacy and longevity.\" --Theresa Stewart-Ambo, from \u003cem\u003eAcross Lands and Waters\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eAcross Lands and Waters\u003c\/em\u003e is the first book to offer a future vision for Indigenous education in the United States--a rich tapestry of ideas, frameworks, and dreams for educators, youth, and communities about Indigenous peoples and ideas. \u003cem\u003eAcross Lands and Waters\u003c\/em\u003e was developed as an urgent response to the erasure of Indigenous futures, bringing together scholars from Alaska to Hawai'i to Rhode Island, and places in between, including poets, psychologists, language revitalizers, hula practitioners, philosophers, and others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAcross Lands and Waters\u003c\/em\u003e offers a deep well of stories and perspectives from different Indigenous traditions. The contributors examine why we educate, what the role of schools, histories, and philosophies can be in overcoming racist and colonial legacies, and how to envision a radically different future. They discuss how a colonial system of education erases Indigenous realities; the vital importance of reclaiming Indigenous languages; the urgency of dismantling systems of oppression; the varied experiences of Indigenous peoples; and the crucial contributions of traditional ways of being and knowing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eGraced with original artwork by the celebrated artist Maria Hupfield and contributions by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Natalie Diaz, \u003cem\u003eAcross Lands and Waters\u003c\/em\u003e is a groundbreaking project that will serve as a beacon for teachers everywhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Megan Bang, Bryan Brayboy, Ananda Marin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1620978202\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781620978207\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/25\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Megan Bang","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44133258690815,"sku":"9781620978207","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_24681321-2525-45dd-832e-c170fdb71c7d.jpg?v=1687485028","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/across-lands-and-waters-megan-bang-9781620978207","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}