The Latinization of Indigenous Students: Erasing Identity and Restricting Opportunity at School

The Latinization of Indigenous Students is a groundbreaking book that sheds light on the systematic erasure of Indigeneity in U.S.

educational institutions.

Through extensive fieldwork, Campbell-Montalvo uncovers how schools miscategorize and re-form the language and racial identities of Indigenous Latinx students, resulting in gross inequities in access to educational resources.

This book is a powerful challenge to the colonial logic underlying these demographic classifications, offering a much-needed critique of the institutional production of a monolithic Latinx student from a Spanish-speaking background.

With its innovative use of anthropological theories and ethnographic analysis, The Latinization of Indigenous Students is an essential read for anyone interested in language and social justice, raciolinguistic enregisterment, and rectifying colonialism among marginalized and minoritized groups.