The Mt. Currie Indian Community School: Innovation and Endurance
Keywords:
Indigenous education, school governance, community participation, parental involvementAbstract
The early 1970s was a period of renaissance in Native Canadian Indian language and culture. At Mt. Currie, British Columbia, this rebirth was closely linked to the transformation of the school into a locally controlled Native institution. This article uses interview data to review changing role relationships of School Board and staff. The analysis reveals concerns in common with community education ventures across North America. Unique to the Native community is the integration of contemporary Anglo and traditional Native role relationships. Recommendations for responding to these concerns should be useful not only to Native communities but to other groups with school programs calling for community input and parental involvement.
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