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Bluemle, Mary E. – 1975
Providing an Indian Studies field course in natural science, this dissertation includes: a sourcebook of pertinent reference materials; reservation specific sample lesson plans; natural science roadlogs; a syllabus designed to stress natural science processes and to serve as a unifying factor for field work, lecture, and course discussions.…
Descriptors: American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Climate, Concept Formation
Wanberg, Larrie Dale – 1973
Employing a background information questionnaire, a policy preference scale, and the Kluckhohn Value Orientation Scale, 40 American Indian tribal leaders and 35 Anglo administrators from 4 North Dakota reservations were surveyed to explore preferences for problem-solving approaches in the field of child welfare. The following hypotheses were…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Child Welfare
Spencer, Barbara G. – 1973
All sophomores, juniors, and seniors (N=133) in the Bureau of Indian Affairs high school on the Mississippi Choctaw reservation were surveyed for purposes of testing the following hypotheses: (1) the Choctaw subsociety will differ from the larger society in its evaluation of the relative status positions of occupations; (2) the Choctaw youth will…
Descriptors: American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Career Awareness, Career Choice
Tippeconnic, John W., III – 1975
Testing the hypothesis that there is a positive relationship between the degree of teacher humanism in pupil control ideology and the degree of favorable student attitude toward school, classmates, and teachers, comparisons were made relative to public and Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) schools. Derived from 6 public and 7 BIA boarding schools…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, American Indian Reservations, American Indians
Hopkins, Thomas Robert – 1971
The study described the characteristics of Navajo and non-Navajo teachers and determined their similarities and differences. In the spring of 1970, 65 Navajo teachers of Navajo children and a sample of 100 teachers from the Bureau of Indian Affairs personnel including Negro, white, Oriental, and other American Indian tribes were mailed a…
Descriptors: American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Asian Americans, Black Teachers
McFarlane, Juretta Creighton – 1978
This extensive manual introduces non-Indian teachers to the cultural history and contemporary life style of the Papago, emphasizing information with immediate usefulness to the classroom teacher. Discussion of traditional and modern Papago life includes a brief history of the tribe, delineation of tribal values, and information on the customs of…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indian Reservations, Bilingual Education