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Download full textDupris, Joseph C. – 1980
The reemergence in the 1960's of the traditional Indian philosophy of education as preparation for societal productivity coincided with a movement within Indian communities toward more active participation in and self-control of the education of their people. By recognizing the historical right of American Indians to control their own education,…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, Community Control, Educational Change
Barker, Kipp A. – 1976
The Indian Education Act of 1972, Title IV, has improved Native American education by emphasizing Native American control; it comes after 400 years of Euro-American involvement in Indian education during which assimilation was the primary goal. In 1568 Jesuit priests began "civilizing" and Christianizing the "savage" Indians;…
Descriptors: Acculturation, American Indian Education, American Indian Reservations, American Indians
