The 1972 Indian Education Act is the first piece of legislation enacted into law that gives Indian people on reservations, in rural settings, and in the cities control over their own education. A brief history of the Act, the past and present struggle for appropriations, lawsuits for Indian education, the struggle for implementation, and the…

The testimony of John C. Rainer, Director of the American Indian Scholarship Program, before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on the Interior and Related Affairs (May 1973) examined the Senate's reduction of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) appropriation for 1973-74. Rainer explained that the $19,938,000 requested for the year, $10,000,000…

Addressed to educators who have the responsibility for developing curriculums or educational programs that will serve Native American students, the document does not present new information on the status of education in Native American communities. Rather, it discusses ways in which available information, such as the 1928 Meriam Report, can be…