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Lefkowits, Laura; Woempner, Carolyn; Kendall, John; Frost, David – Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL), 2009
This document is one of eight reports prepared to support the development of a new learning system, a development effort that is the first step in a major initiative undertaken by the Stupski Foundation. The Foundation endeavors to improve the life options of all students, especially underserved urban youth of color, whom we refer to as "Our…
Descriptors: Urban American Indians, Minority Group Students, At Risk Students, Disadvantaged Youth
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Pine, Charles J.; And Others – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1985
Compared cognitive appraisals and incident ratings of urban American Indians (N=50), Anglo-Americans (N=50), and Hispanics (N=47) on revised version of the Social Readjustment Rating Scale. Results indicated no overall significant differences among groups. On individual life events items, groups differed significantly on cognitive appraisal of 8…
Descriptors: Adults, Cultural Influences, Ethnic Groups, Hispanic Americans
Liebow, Edward B. – 1983
Life history interviews with 22 elderly Indians (16 women, 6 men, aged 60 to 81) in Phoenix suggest that for many of them the Indian Senior Center offers a sociable arena where they assume activist roles, directly addressing aging-related issues concerning health care, transportation, and emotional stress management. They engage in fund-raising…
Descriptors: Activism, Aging (Individuals), American Indian Education, American Indian History
Barnett, Don C.; Dyer, Aldrich J. – 1983
The volume on University of Saskatchewan graduate theses related to Canadian native peoples (Indian, Inuit, Metis) contains a brief introduction, followed by abstracts of 62 thesis projects (1912-1982), and a final section of statistics, charts, summaries, and discussions related to the abstracted research. Each research abstract consists of three…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Acculturation, Administrator Attitudes, American Indian Education