Guyana: Indigenous Education For Cultural Survival: The Makushi Amerindians Of Guyana

Guyana: Indigenous Education For Cultural Survival: The Makushi Amerindians Of Guyana Christine Wihak, 2011   The survival of Indigenous cultures is essential to a sustainable future for the planet as a whole. This paper focuses on the educational efforts being made by the Makushi people of inland Guyana to maintain their culture and language in the face of encroaching development. The paper relates the discussion of the Makushi situation and their educational responses to the development...

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