This book brings together the academic fields of educational leadership, educational administration, strategic change management, and Indigenous education in order to provide a critical, multi-perspective, systems level analysis of the provision of education services to Indigenous people. It draws on a range of theorists across these fields internationally, mobilising social exchange and intelligent complex adaptive systems theories to address the key problematic of intergenerational, educational failure.

Part 1: International Context of Indigenous Education Indigenous Education in Complex, Globalized, Postcolonial States Part 2: History, Partnerships and Knowledge Exchange between Mainstream Education and Indigenous Peoples Understanding History: The Colliding World of Indigenous Intellect and Colonial Administration. Theorizing the Logic of Partnership. Preservation and Maintenance of Indigenous Perspectives in Education Part 3: Managing Intelligent Complexity: Engaging Communities, Schools and Governments Leading and Managing the Complexity of Indigenous Education. Engaging Communities: Ownership and High Expectations. Engaging Schools: Partnership and Collaboration. Teacher Professional Skills Development: Change, Intercultural Competency and Cultural Safety Part 4: Developing the Official Mind: Aligning Educational Administration Engaging Education Administration: Transparency and Accountability. Evolving the Colonial Mindset: Towards an Indigenist Approach Part 5: Towards an Indigenist Perspective Leading and Managing Indigenous Education: A Global Challenge.