American Indian Tribes: Role of Education Education is the foundation of individuals, families, communities, nations, and democracy. As the U.S. Department of Education correctly notes: “… In this new information age, driven by science and technology and an increasingly competitive global economy, the future of our children will depend, in part, on the quality of …
Born and raised in India, experiencing self-governance firsthand through “Panchayats” in rural India that grapple with the issues of rural health, welfare, education, unemployment, corruption, irremediable factional politics and corrosive struggle for power and control of resources, and environment, American Indian societies in the United States hold a special place for me. I set out …