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Inside the Eagle's Head : an American Indian College.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Contemporary American Indian studiesPublication details: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 2010.Description: 1 online resource (256 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780817383534
  • 0817383530
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Inside the Eagle's Head : An American Indian College.DDC classification:
  • 378.1/982997 378.1/982997 378.1982997
LOC classification:
  • E97.6.S68K43 2010
Online resources:
Contents:
List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Entering the Turquoise Gates: The Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute; 2. Thinking and Talking About SIPI: Narratives and Metaphors; 3. "A Standing Army of School Teachers": Ameri can Indian Education, Assimilation, and the BIA; 4. Taking a New Path: The Decision to Attend SIPI; 5. Life Within the Eagle's Head; 6. SIPI Is a Reservation: Family, Friends, and Mentors; 7. SIPI Is What You Make It: Academics, Administration, and Working Around the System; 8. SIPI Is an Opportunity: Giving Students the Chance to Dream.
Appendix. Studying the Southwestern Indian Polytechnic InstituteWorks Cited; Index.
Summary: The Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute (SIPI) is a selfdescribed National American Indian Community College in Albuquerque, New Mexico. SIPI is operated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, an agency of the U.S. government that has overseen and managed the relationship between the government and American Indian tribes for almost two hundred years. Students at SIPI are registered members of federally recognized American Indian tribes from throughout the contiguous United States and Alaska. A fascinatingly hybridized institution, SIPI attempts to meld two conflicting institutional models.
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List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Entering the Turquoise Gates: The Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute; 2. Thinking and Talking About SIPI: Narratives and Metaphors; 3. "A Standing Army of School Teachers": Ameri can Indian Education, Assimilation, and the BIA; 4. Taking a New Path: The Decision to Attend SIPI; 5. Life Within the Eagle's Head; 6. SIPI Is a Reservation: Family, Friends, and Mentors; 7. SIPI Is What You Make It: Academics, Administration, and Working Around the System; 8. SIPI Is an Opportunity: Giving Students the Chance to Dream.

Appendix. Studying the Southwestern Indian Polytechnic InstituteWorks Cited; Index.

The Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute (SIPI) is a selfdescribed National American Indian Community College in Albuquerque, New Mexico. SIPI is operated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, an agency of the U.S. government that has overseen and managed the relationship between the government and American Indian tribes for almost two hundred years. Students at SIPI are registered members of federally recognized American Indian tribes from throughout the contiguous United States and Alaska. A fascinatingly hybridized institution, SIPI attempts to meld two conflicting institutional models.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

English.

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