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Hall, McClellan – Journal of Experiential Education, 1992
Explains the Cherokee concept of "gadugi," a tradition of interdependency and service which is reflected in the service component of the Native Indian Youth Leadership Project (NYLP). Provides examples of three levels of service in NYLP: (1) traditional community-generated service; (2) program-generated service; and (3) student-generated…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, Community Services, Cultural Education, Public Service
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Hall, McClellan; Couch, G. Owen – Journal of Experiential Education, 1992
McClellan Hall, a Native American, expresses distress and embarrassment at the improper use of Native cultural ceremonies at Association for Experiential Education conferences. G. Owen Couch, a non-Native, describes his personal experiences in using Native American philosophies inappropriately and his realization of the dangers in doing so. Both…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indians, Ceremonies, Cultural Differences
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Hall, McClellan – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Problems, 1993
Describes work being done by National Indian Youth Leadership Project (NIYLP), which gains its inspiration from both traditional sources and contemporary models of youth development and which draws upon Indian heritage to address problems of alienation, dropouts, delinquency, and substance abuse. Contrasts traditional parenting to present patterns…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, American Indian Culture, American Indians
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Lopez, Alejandro; Hall, McClellan – Reclaiming Children and Youth: The Journal of Strength-based Interventions, 2007
From a visual perspective, many disadvantaged students are assigned to schools that are dark, shabby and lifeless--more like a factory or fortress than a place for learning. Equally lifeless is the standard test-driven curriculum which utterly fails to tap the interests and talents of these students. Stultified learning environments are…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Teaching Methods, Creative Activities, Educational Change
Hall, McClellan; Kielsmeier, James A. – New Designs in Youth Development, 1985
Oklahoma's Cherokee Nation Youth Leadership Program (CNYLP) began in 1982 with the vision of drawing elements of the tribe together through an innovative youth program designed to instill self-confidence, positive regard for Cherokee identity, and a sense of community spirit through service to others. Patterned after the National Youth Leadership…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indians, Camping
Hall, McClellan – 1987
The Indian Youth Leadership Program and the Indian Youth Leadership Camp (IYLC) were created in 1981 in response to the need to develop specific skills in Indian youth who will assume leadership positions in the future at the family, school, community, tribal, and national level. Patterned after the National Youth Leadership Camp, the IYLC emerged…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indians, Camping