In her novel "Power," Linda Hogan provides readers with a close look at how separatism and syncretism, or exclusion and inclusion, are complex ideologies that lead to complex decisions. A close look at the novel reveals that the tensions and sharp dichotomies between the traditional world of the Taiga elders and the European American world,…

Background: Native Americans are underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). We investigated whether having to violate cultural taboos might be a factor in the decisions of some Native Americans not to pursue STEM degrees. Many STEM faculty likely know very little about Native Americans' historical experiences…

While a number of challenges contribute to the American Indian population's disconnect from information technology (IT), the most glaring is the low number of American Indian students pursuing computer science (CS) studies--a degree essential to IT's entry into and diffusion across communities. Yet, research is scant on factors that contribute to…

The culture of most colleges and universities is very different for Native American students with close ties to their traditional communities. "Traditional," in a Native American sense, means multiple interconnections of emotional, physical, intellectual, and spiritual identity that combine to define expectations for the Native American…

The purpose of this qualitative study was to better understand the lived experiences of Native American students when studying on a predominantly white campus at a small university in the Upper Midwest. Using a phenomenological approach, the researcher interviewed each of the eight participants for one hour, although there were two interviews that…

The author of this article, believes that the conventional classroom is designed to separate students from the places they come from and the places in which they live. Therefore, bringing American Indian literature into the space of the classroom is to create a disjunction. With a firm conviction that Contemporary American Indian literature calls…

The failings of the white man in his attempt to educate the Navajos are discussed. (CK)

A business college educated Seminole girl tells about her life on a reservation, her struggles to get an education, and her reasons for forsaking a bank job and returning to the reservation to manage a store. An introductory recapitulation of American Indian history precedes her narrative. (KG)

Discusses the critical importance of values in the conflicts over energy development projects on Native lands. Points out the differences between societies based on consumption versus those based on renewable development and reciprocity, and the difficulties in resolving intercultural conflicts based on value differences. (SV)

Along with the first federal republic in Mexico (1824), the first legislatures of each state included the promotion of public instruction among their functions. Through educators and books and other means of teaching, children and the young were expected to learn to live in a modern, civilized society. At the time, there was a death battle between…

The preservation of the Cherokees' cultural identity is briefly discussed. (NQ)

Provides an overview of the issues surrounding enactment of a Nebraska statute requiring public museums to repatriate American Indian skeletal remains and burial offerings to tribes for reburial. Focuses on the bitter dispute between the Nebraska State Historical Society and the Pawnee Tribe of Oklahoma (an indigenous Nebraska tribe). (SV)