A Brief Introduction to Hazel Hertzberg and a Proposed Framework for Evaluating Indigenous Resources at Teachers College

Conrad Lochner

In 1978, Hertzberg goes on to map a comprehensive proposal for “Proposal for a Program in Indian History and Education Since 1880”, identifying three specific educational epochs in indigenous education: 1) Government boarding and day schools of the Assimilation Era created in the wake of the 1887 Dawes Act; 2) the Reform Era with a newly rebranded Bureau of Indian Affairs née Office of Indian Affairs with progressive educators and activists readdressing curriculums and pedagogies; 3) the Era of Self-Determinacy where there is the emergence of local school control, Indigenous-run community colleges, and notable matriculation of Native Americans into higher-ed. This proposal and methodology provides a plausible framework to evaluate the integrity of resources concerning indigenous, specifically North American, cultures.

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