Recognition of the disproportionately high failure rate of American Indian students in local public schools caused Tribal officials to consider development of a reservation-based charter high school. Eagle High School opened its doors August 30, 2004. This article presents the findings of a two-year study, which examined the struggles of the…

Currently, we lack a viable indigenous language education framework for reservation public schools with mixed Native and non-Native student populations. Can stakeholders holding different and often conflicting points of view agree to accept and nurture Native language education programs in the public school arena? In search of a workable framework…

The community counselor is an advocate, with professional status, of community values within the school and of the school within the community. (NQ)

An interdisciplinary, in-depth study involving 40 children and 9 families was conducted on the Hobbema Reserve during 1971-72. The design and rationale, analysis, selected findings, and conclusions of this study were presented. (FF)

A general biography of Ely Spencer Parker, a Senecca Indian and friend of General U.S. Grant, is told. (FF)

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 Career Opportunities Program of the Education Professions Development Act made possible the initiation and continuing support of a teacher preparation project for reservation communities in Arizona. (NQ)

To achieve true self-determination, tribal governments must gain the necessary management and administrative skills. Community colleges hold great promise as the educational institution for best meeting the needs of Indian communities. One such program, Scottsdale Community College's Tribal Management Program, is described. (DS)

The Bluewing Tutorial Project (Towah, Wisconsin) is described. Specific and general instances of paternalism and condescension toward Winnebago Indian children were examined for their destructive effects upon the children's self concept and development. (KM)

Classroom observations and 235 interviews conducted in BIA schools revealed instructional and management needs related to time-on-task, expectations for student academic performance and behavior, special education issues, vocational education, parent involvement, teacher isolation, staff turnover, inservice training, student transfers, English…

Because Public Law 95-561 has brought more autonomy and more responsibility to local school administrators, administrators must be effective in their leadership roles. The article discusses leadership styles, successful leaders' characteristics, subordinate types, and situational factors having a bearing on effective leadership. See also related…

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)