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Carjuzaa, Jioanna; Baldwin, Anna E; Munson, Michael – Multicultural Perspectives, 2015
The espoused foundation of U.S. society, "E pluribus unum" (out of many, one), is based on the belief that this nation should simultaneously support pluralism and promote unity. The road to making this ideal a reality, however, has not always been smooth. The ever-widening achievement gap highlights how this discordance plays out in our…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indian Studies, Ethnic Studies, State Action
Lenz, Diane; Contrucci, Linda – 1992
This report describes an outreach program that provides service coordination and home-based early intervention for disabled infants and toddlers on the Navajo and Hopi reservations in Arizona. Developed by the Institute for Human Development (IHD), the outreach program uses paraprofessional instructional aides that are based in six northern…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Community Programs, Disabilities, Early Intervention
Roessel, Robert A., Jr. – 1977
Designed to serve as a guide, a stimulus, and a path for other schools desiring to control their education and that of their children, this book has two objectives: to tell the Rough Rock story--the origin, growth, and development of the demonstration school, and especially current events in 1976; and to provide a guide to other communities who…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indians, Boards of Education, Community Control
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Little, Vincent; Rummell, Larry – Community Education Journal, 1974
Describes the development of a community education program for the urban Indian population of Phoenix. (DN)
Descriptors: American Indians, Community Education, Community Involvement, Community Schools
Maynes, J. O., Jr. – 1971
Defining the overall objective of bilingual education to be the integration of the child into the mainstream of American life while maintaining audiolingual skills in both English and the native language without losing certain aspects of the subculture, this report summarizes information from 19 school districts involved in special English classes…
Descriptors: American Indians, Bilingual Education, English (Second Language), Minority Groups
Powers, Lawrence; And Others – 1987
This document reports on efforts to develop an initiative to target increased involvement of the Arizona Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) with Arizona's disabled American Indians both on and off reservations. The report summarizes comments on important issues generated during a central office planning meeting of the Arizona RSA. It…
Descriptors: American Indians, Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Government Role
Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, Boulder, CO. – 1969
The activities of the Four Corners Mental Retardation Project conducted by the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education are described in this document. The purpose of the project was to enhance services for the mentally retarded in the Four Corners Area (Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah) focusing on the mentally retarded in the…
Descriptors: Activities, American Indians, Indigenous Personnel, Individual Needs
Schnorr, Janice M. – 1985
Evolution of Northern Arizona University's new Center for Excellence in Education (the former College of Education) is traced and its interaction with the university, schools, and public agencies is illustrated through discussion of two special education training programs. An overview is provided of the numerous changes resulting from the…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, American Indian Education, Course Descriptions, Higher Education
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Center for Employment Training, San Jose, CA. – 1977
Beginning July 1, 1975 the San Jose, California based Center for Employment Training (CET) was granted funds to assist communities with sizeable American Indian populations to develop training and placement programs modelled after itself. These funds enabled three community interest groups in Tucson (Arizona), Guadalupe (Arizona), and Bellingham…
Descriptors: Adult Education, American Indians, Anglo Americans, Community Programs
McBain, Susan L.; McKay, Joyce – 1978
This description of career education activities in Pima County, Arizona, was prepared as part of a study conducted to identify evaluated, exemplary career education activities which represent the best of the current career education programs and practices referred to in Public Law 93-380. (See CE 018 212 for the final report of this study.) This…
Descriptors: American Indians, Career Awareness, Career Counseling, Career Development