Challenges current and future teachers to take seriously the philosophical implications of being an educator on land indigenous to a particular human group with both Indigenous and non-Indigenous students. Readers are introduced to the interrelated histories of education, philosophy, and Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in North America. These discussions point to the advancement of a critical pedagogy.

Outlining a call to action -- Introduction: Indigenous and western philosophy in native North America -- The building blocks for a philosophy of education in native North America -- Beyond the antagonistic relationship between indigenous and western philosophy in North America : toward a pedagogy of unity -- Critical pedagogy in native North America : western and indigenous philosophy in the schooling context -- The past, present, and future of critical pedagogy : with Joe Kincheloe -- Critial challenges for becoming a teacher in native North America : with Lauren "Candy" Waukau-Villagomez -- Beyond essentialist education in native North America : with Shirley Steinberg ... [et al.] -- An engagement with critical theory in native North America : with Marc Pruyn -- Conclusion: Indigenous philosophy as twenty-first century lifeboat: The critical pedagogy of the Zapatistas.