Demanding Our Humanity: Public Education and the Hopes and Dreams of Indigenous Peoples

Session Type: Invited Speaker Session

Abstract

The 1996 revised Coolangatta Statement on Indigenous Peoples’ Rights in Education declares “We, the Indigenous peoples of the world, assert our inherent right to self-determination in all matters. Self-determination is about making informed choices and decisions and creating appropriate structures for the transmission of culture, knowledge and wisdom for the benefit of each of our respective cultures. Education for our communities and each individual is central to the preservation of our cultures and for the development of the skills and expertise we need in order to be a vital part of the twenty-first century.” This panel of Indigenous scholars will examine the role that public education should play in fulfilling the hopes and dreams of their respective peoples.

Sub Unit

• AERA Presidential Session

Chair

• Margaret J. Maaka, University of Hawaii - Manoa

Participants

• S Kaleikoa Kaeo, University of Hawai‘i Maui College

• Leonie Pihama, The University of Waikato

• Darryn John Russell, University of Canterbury

• Bryan McKinley Jones Brayboy, Arizona State University

• Lāiana Kanoa-Wong, Kamehameha Schools

• Huia Tomlins Jahnke, Massey University

• Graham H. Smith, Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi