This paper is an analytic essay that examines the treatment of the Cherokee Trail of Tears in a North Carolina fourth grade textbook. I begin by offering a satiric look at an imaginary textbook's treatment of the Holocaust that is based closely on the actual narrative of the Trail of Tears written in the fourth grade text. Following this, close…

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…

This investigation examines an elementary social studies methods course taught on an American Indian reservation through a state university. Data were collected from American Indian pre-service teachers over four years through taped interviews, classroom observations, and a review of homework and in-class assignments. A Freirean critical pedagogy…

The conclusion to the Impact Aid Usage controversy in the various states rests with Congress, which has the authority to amend Public Law 81-874 and the equalization process to ensure that financial inequalities are not thrust upon Indian-populated school districts located in rural and isolated areas experiencing extraordinary operating expenses.…

Traces chronology of Indian education from 1492-present, providing foundation for exploring impact of school-community conflict on literacy and understanding of alternatives to current instructional practices. Recommends Indians become working part of schools by evaluating current institutional programs for cultural relevancy and evaluating…

Assistant Secretary Gover apologizes for the Bureau of Indian Affairs' (BIA) actions in the ethnic cleansing of American Indian tribes and the destruction of Indian cultures. He asserts the agency's moral responsibility of putting things right and proposes that a healing process begin and that the BIA work to reinvent itself as an instrument of…

Analyzes news, articles, and editorials published in the "Cheyenne Transporter," 1880-86, about mission boarding schools on the Cheyenne-Arapaho reservation in Indian Territory (Oklahoma). Discusses conflict between the two tribes, enrollment, assimilationist policies, discipline, Indian resistance, and innovative teaching methods. (SV)

Reviews the history of American Indian education since 1889, focusing on the development of educational leaders and administrators. Discusses changes in federal educational policies concerning administrator training for American Indians. Contains 11 references. (SV)

Traces the history of Aboriginal education in Canada. Focuses on the development of Indian control of Indian education, beginning in the 1960s, and suggests the need for Aboriginal communities to free themselves from an educational system that hasn't worked and develop a local model of education that meets community needs and goals. (SV)

The author asks how much freedom will American Indian people have when considering educational designs for their children? The amount of freedom built into legislation will continue to be limited; but it is possible that they will restrict themselves more than legislation or that regulations will restrict them. (JHZ)

Examines the diverse meanings of boarding school athletic competitions for Native American students, school administrators, and federal policy makers. Oral history accounts by former students reveal sports as a complex cultural practice whereby students variously, resisted an insensitive educational system, experienced pride or pleasure, and…

An analysis of the 1998 California educational standards confronts the assimilationist ideology embedded in the push for standards and accountability in American education. The standards explicitly define "America" and"Americans" as White and Anglo, ignore Indigenous history and contributions of non-European cultures and women,…

A culturally relevant education that also prepares American Indian students for participating in a culturally diverse, technological society must address the historical relationship between American Indian cultures and the educational system, recognize the importance of multicultural education, understand the nature of culture itself, and identify…

Examines the career of Estelle Reed, federally appointed Superintendent of Indian Schools, 1898-1910. Discusses Reel's development of the Uniform Course of Study (a highly detailed, primarily vocational curriculum); racist ideology; girls'"domestic training" to transform Indian family life; instruction in traditional Native crafts; and…