Twelfth Annual Brown Lecture in Education Research

So That Any Child May Succeed: Indigenous Pathways Toward Justice and the Promise of Brown

Bibliographic Data

ID9735233
AuthorsTeresa L Mccarty (0000-0003-3477-8745, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume47
Issue5
Pages271-283
Publication date2018-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEducational Researcher (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0013-189X • E-ISSN: 1935-102X
PublisherAmerican Educational Research Association (AERA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3102/0013189x18768549
OpenAlexW2799367970
LanguageEN
Citations received12
References cited37

As the U.S. Supreme Court prepared to rehear for the second time the case of Brown v. Board of Education in 1953, the 83rd Congress passed House Concurrent Resolution 108 and Public Law 280—policies that would terminate federal treaty and trust responsibilities to Native Americans. Even as post- Brown desegregation went into effect, thousands of Native American children continued to attend segregated, English-only federal boarding schools. This lecture considers the Brown legacy and broader issues of education equality in the context of research, policy, and practice in Indigenous education. Focusing on a core argument in Brown—that equality of opportunity is a prerequisite “so that any child may succeed”—I examine hard-fought pathways toward education justice forged by Indigenous educators, parents, leaders, and allies; the larger settler colonial project in which those efforts are embedded; and the ways in which Indigenous initiatives are braided with those of other racialized groups. Key to this analysis is recognition that equal access and uniformity of education approach are not synchronous with equity. I conclude with the ongoing challenges in fulfilling the promise of Brown—in particular, the simultaneous homogenizing and stratifying effects of current education policies—and what can be learned from diverse models of contemporary Indigenous education practice

Context (archaeology · Desegregation · Economic Justice · Equity (law · Indigenous · Indigenous Education · Political science · Sociology · Supreme court · Critical Race Theory in Education · History · Indigenous and Place-Based Education · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights · Law · Public Administration