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Peer reviewedCastillo, John – American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 1982
Attempts to underscore how American Indians have adapted in Los Angeles focusing on the Indian spiritual adaptation which encompasses a strong belief in his/her inner self and harmony with nature and all living things. (ERB)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), American Indian Culture, Self Esteem, Urban American Indians
Download full textChurchman, David; And Others – 1973
The Center for the Study of Evaluation (CSE) model identifies conditions under which evaluators intervene in educational programs, provides for a sequence of evaluation activities and conditions under which departures from this sequence occurs, and defines the relationship between the evaluator and the decision maker. This paper provides a study…
Descriptors: American Indians, Data Collection, Evaluation Methods, Models
Peer reviewedBlackhawk, Ned – WICAZO SA Review, 1995
Draws on experiences of American Indian women relocated to Los Angeles during the 1950s-60s to take part in Bureau of Indian Affairs job training and placement programs. These women faced the double burden of racial discrimination and white sex-role expectations, but adjusted to life in Los Angeles with the support of Indian community…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adjustment (to Environment), Federal Programs, Females
Guilmet, George M. – 1983
The inappropriateness of using standardized achievement tests to measure the cognitive skills of Navajo children was demonstrated in a 1975-76 case study of 17 Navajo preschool and daycare children in Los Angeles. The Circus Receptive Vocabulary Test and the Circus Quantitative Concept Test were given individually to each child. Scores were…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Age Differences, American Indian Education, American Indians
Bramstedt, Wayne – 1979
With its large and heterogeneous Indian population, the Los Angeles area offers an excellent opportunity to study patterns in the origin, growth, and structure of Indian voluntary associations, and the leisure time institutions. Since the 1920's more than 100 Indian voluntary associations formed in the area. Established groups influenced the…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indians, Ethnography, Group Dynamics
Hall, Theresa A.; Orcutt, Larry E. – 1980
The Tribal American Consulting Corporation designed a preschool program for American Indians in Los Angeles, California, which had two major goals: (1) to develop competence and attendant self esteem in both children and parents; and (2) to enable children to succeed in public school. Three curriculum models were used, based upon Indian culture,…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Affective Objectives, American Indian Culture, American Indian Education
Bramstedt, Wayne G., Comp. – 1979
Sources of information on North American Indians in the Los Angeles metropolitan area are listed in this bibliography of 125 entries relating to urban studies, minority peoples, and migration, as well as specific Indian issues. Citations are organized alphabetically by author under publication type: masters' theses and doctoral dissertations,…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), American Indian Culture, American Indians, Biculturalism
