Describes the growing network of institutions of higher learning chartered by American Indian tribes and located on reservations to meet the unique educational and cultural needs of the surrounding reservations. Highlights culture-based curricula, training for tribal needs, need for state and federal support, and need for professional development.…

Describes the community-based research approach of Barbara Bowman, a non-Indian studying psychological issues at Northern Cheyenne Reservation in Montana. Reviews tribal-researcher relations at the reservation and discusses tribal requirements for research, including approval of the study, tribal ownership of the data, and formal presentations of…

Traces increases in Indian-controlled economic development, community health, and cultural programs on reservations, highlighting the role of tribal colleges. Discusses Indian education's prior goals of complete submersion in White culture and separation of students from their heritage/language. Considers ways this legacy persists. Highlights…