This account, authorized by the Rough Rock Demo. School community, documents the history of the school-the first controlled by a locally elected, all Navajo governing board, & to teach in & through the Native lang., innovations which have made it a leade

Contents: J. Spring, Series Editor Foreword. J.A. Fishman, Foreword. Preface. Framing the Story. People, Place, and Ethnographic Texts. "How It Was." "We Were Going to School Being Taught Only by Anglos." A Portrait of Change. Origin Stories. Community and Classroom. The Problems and Politics of Program Evaluation. The Two Faces of Self-Determination. Transitions and Turmoil. "If We Want to Be Powerful, We Have to Exercise Our Power": Indigenous Teachers as Change Agents. Protest. "What If the Children Forget the Navajo Language?" Epilogue:"The Hopes and Dreams of Rough Rock."