While a number of challenges contribute to the American Indian population's disconnect from information technology (IT), the most glaring is the low number of American Indian students pursuing computer science (CS) studies--a degree essential to IT's entry into and diffusion across communities. Yet, research is scant on factors that contribute to…

There is an extensive research history related to understanding how educational institutions can better serve the American Indian student. However, there is little research on how the sociocultural context shapes perceptions of the future and impacts student achievement. This study investigates who the sociocultural context of home and school…

The ceremonial rituals American Indians have practiced for centuries are uncontestable testimony to how strongly they respond to theatre. These rituals, a pure and functional form of dramatic art, are practiced today by a Native American theater group. (FF)

The activist roles museums can play in furthering educational opportunities for American Indians is described. (FF)

Suggests that the invention and construction of traditional American Indian string figures possess elements associated with mathematical thought: logic-intuition, generality-individuality, and analysis-synthesis. Contains 16 references and several historical observations of string figures. (SV)

Focuses on what can be learned from Native Americans and how those learnings can change preservice teacher education. Learnings about cooperation, privacy, consensus, and wait-time are discussed and offered as positive alternative behaviors in the teaching profession. (ERB)

American Indian children arriving from the Indian reservation with their parents must learn a new language and new behavior patterns required by the school setting. They must also begin to learn about the workings and customs of the city and its people. (FF)

The following four dimensions are discussed: 1) Indian education; 2) Indians in education; 3) education for Indians; and 4) education about Indians. (Author/JC)

Identifies certain principles of mathematics-like thought participated in by the carvers of the petroglyphs: (1) iteration; (2) recursion; (3) similitude; (4) tiling; and (5) symmetry. Provides illustrations and verbal descriptions of each process and concludes with four suggested classroom activities to help students appreciate the talents of the…

Outlines background, materials, operation, and evaluation of four activities for grades six-nine designed to illustrate how curriculum activities can enhance astronomy concepts and native awareness: "Were Native People Aware of Milky Way Galaxy?,""Constellation Cans,""Travels of the Big Dipper," and "How Did the…

Argues that current definitions of giftedness are inappropriate for the identification of gifted and talented Indian students, and that tribal peoples must generate new, culturally relevant definitions, including abilities related to oral tradition. Describes a successful summer program that identified necessary value-based cultural competencies…

American Indians have been engaged in an education Cold War for several centuries. The Native American Higher Education Initiative (NAHEI) has become the tribal college equivalent of the Indian Education Marshall Plan. NAHEI projects are culturally based and spiritually rooted in the land, and story-telling scholars have done a wonderful job of…

To address American Indian underrepresentation in New Mexico's gifted and talented education programs, the Santa Fe Indian School investigated Keresan Pueblo communities' perceptions of giftedness within their own cultural context. In contrast to the mainstream individualistic concept of giftedness, the Keresan Pueblo concept focuses on the…

Examines the treatment of Native Americans in 34 elementary social studies textbooks on the adopted textbook list in Virginia. Explains how ten basic concepts are covered, what evaluative terms are used to describe Native Americans, and how Native Americans are treated in pictures in the texts. (SB)