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Indian educator earns Eagle Feather for Mosaic Teaching
Andrea Peterson, Minnesota's 1976 teacher of the year, mentors Chippewa students on the Grand Portage reservation. She rejects melting pot schooling, advocating a mosaic of cultures. Non Indian, she has 16 years teaching Indian children, aided by reservation elders and family, including field trips with tribal mentors and ceremonial dances.
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Grand Portage, Minn
Andrea Peterson
Minnesota
Peterson
Grand Portage
Lake Superior
David
Petersons
Colleen
Grand Portage Indian Reservation