An assessment of Native Hawaiian education, this text focuses on the historical, political and cultural contexts which produced the system's institutionalized structure, which results in marginalization in schools and wider society. This is placed in the context of American minority cultures.

What is the philosophy that should drive native education policy and practice? In July 1997 a group of native educational leaders from the United States (including Alaska and Hawai'i), Canada, Australia, and New Zealand gathered to define a potential solution to this question. This book passes on the individual educational philosophies of the participants and captures the essence of each in a dynamic, transformational, and holistic model--"Go to the Source"--which forwards a collective vision for a native language- and culture-based educational philosophy that native educational leaders and...