Portrays Gloria Grant Means of the Navajo and Omaha tribal nations, a woman with a multidimensional career as American Indian educator, artist, rodeo performer, mother, politician's wife, and community role model. Discusses the traditional aspects of her upbringing and her desire to promote Indian artists. (SV)

Outlines the education and career of Henrietta Mann Morton--professor and director of Native American Studies at the University of Montana, first Indian woman to be director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Office of Indian Education Programs, and Cheyenne healer and ceremonial person. (SV)

The traditional relationship and participation of Indian people with the American landscape has influenced their perceptions of themselves and of reality. The Pueblo "theology of place" is illustrated in their agricultural practices and accompanying ceremonial cycles. Modern Indian education must heal the split between spiritual and…

The Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals (ITEP) (Flagstaff, Arizona) provides training and support for tribal professionals in the technical job skills needed for air quality monitoring and other environmental management tasks. ITEP also arranges internships, job placements, and hands-on training opportunities and supports an…

Describes Fetal Alcohol Effects (FAE) and Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) in infants, caused by mothers' consumption of alcohol during pregnancy. Both disabilities found in relatively high proportions of American Indian children. Discusses impact of disabilities on education. Discusses parent education programs in United States and abroad. (TES)

For Native people and others who feel the dangers of the dominant materialistic world view, education is a double-edged sword. Mainstream education and the skills it teaches are necessary to survive in contemporary life, but mainstream values may be destructive to humanity and must be balanced by learning activities that promote heart,…

From 1878 to 1923, Hampton Institute enrolled over 1,300 American Indian students in an academic and vocational training program with assimilationist aims. Through the American Indian Educational Opportunities Program, Hampton University is funding the work of five Native American researchers exploring the school's rich archival resources. (SV)

Describes programs at Montana State University, Bozeman, that cooperate with tribally controlled community colleges to provide opportunities for American Indian transfer students. Focuses on training in health sciences, engineering, public service, and educational administration and on efforts to ease students' transition to university life. (SV)

An interview with Thom Alcoze, director of the Division of Native Education at Northern Arizona University (NAU), discusses efforts to develop culturally appropriate strategies for training Native American teachers and teachers of Native children. Current efforts focus on environmental sciences based on the Native traditions and a critique of…

A national survey found that most Indian-related coursework offered at U.S. colleges and universities was scattered throughout departments, although at least 30 institutions offered majors or minors in American Indian Studies. Included are profiles of seven American Indian Studies programs. (SV)

Describes Native American programs at Dartmouth College. Recruitment and support increased in 1970. In 1969, only three Indians had graduated from Dartmouth. By fall 1987, more than 270 had attended. Describes program's staff, benefits for students, and projects. Projects include workshops, conferences, other cultural activities. (TES)

Introduces Minority Opportunities in Research programs of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences: Minority Access to Research Careers Program, Minority Biomedical Research Support Program, National Minority Predoctoral Fellowship Program, and Research Supplements for Underrepresented Minorities Program. These programs provide financial…

A public television series "Futures," hosted by Jaime Escalante, a Hispanic American math teacher, increases student interest in mathematics and science by showing how math is applied in real life. The series has been well received by American Indian students and is part of a career introduction program at a Menominee secondary school in Keshena,…

One of the first American Indian women to graduate from West Point discusses her reasons for attending a military academy, the rigorous application process, academic and physical entrance requirements, experiences as a student, sexist attitudes at the academy, and the importance for her success of spirituality and cultural pride. (SV)

Policymakers have assumed that higher education would generate Indian self-determination by acculturating future tribal leaders. Instead, frustrated by the fragmented Western worldview, the brightest Indian students are supplementing its deficiencies with tribal knowledge and traditions and thereby transcending 500 years of culture shock to find…