In the 1970s a group of American Indian junior high school students requested that their public school, located on the Yakama Reservation, provide them with opportunities to learn traditional Yakama and powwow-style dancing. They found an advocate in their school counselor, a Yakama woman who helped them form the Wapato Indian Club dance troupe, a…

Examines and enumerates economic changes that have occurred in the traditional rural Navajo community of Shonto. While women's net income contributions to Shonto's economy has declined, their position has seen only a slight erosion; their activities (sheep and goat husbandry, agriculture, arts and crafts) are still considered necessary and…

Describes cases of child sexual abuse by teachers on the Navajo and Hopi reservations. Discusses culturally appropriate techniques for an investigator to use when interviewing Indian children and the importance of understanding distinctive tribal customs and the cultural context when making judgments about the appropriateness of specific behavior…

Relates the removal of the Palouse Indians to northeastern Oklahoma in 1878. Describes the conditions of their exile and the efforts that led to their eventual return to the Pacific Northwest in 1885. (NEC)

Uses census data, 1886-1900, to examine Northern Cheyenne child-spacing and effective fertility patterns as indicators of maternal and infant health. Concludes that, contrary to early interpretations of improved health among reservation populations, the Northern Cheyenne suffered health deterioration related to oppressive government political and…

Brings together past and present aspects of Chippewa tribal experience at White Earth Reservation. Discusses: (1) land allotment and subsequent Congressional investigations; (2) treaties; (3) high-stakes bingo as economic windfall and test of tribal sovereignty; (4) educational experiences in federal boarding schools; and (5) religion,…

From 1895 to 1905, assimilated Native American women played an active role in the Office of Indian Affairs' field matron program, designed to teach reservation Indian women domestic skills and Victorian standards of womanhood. Native matrons decreased after 1905 because of official fears about their commitment to assimilation policies. (SV)

Outlines a method of using census information on residence and marriage among the Crow during the early reservation era (1880-1910) to investigate the persistence of traditional family patterns and the emergence of twentieth-century tribal culture. Contains 19 data tables and figures. (SV)

Discusses the Yuki Indian chief's aboriginal role as leader, decision maker, and group coordinator and how that role, revived by Indian agents, served acculturation forces when the Yuki became reservation Indians. Describes how chiefs, relatively progressive and acculturated individuals, were effective middlemen between the agents and Indians.…

When used in the 1950s primarily as an alternative to reservation economic development, relocation failed to achieve its intended goals. It failed to reduce federal commitment to Indian welfare, promote cultural assimilation, or improve the economic status of Indians. Indians with existing job skills and off-reservation experience--the most…