Urban and non-urban Indians share many of the same disadvantages in relation to academic learning situations. This paper focuses on those disadvantages due to differences in languages, culture, and learning patterns. (Author/RTS)

To understand urban Native American students more fully, teachers must grasp the contrast between rural/reservation living and urban life (generally more hostile) for these students and their families. Teachers should determine students' home language and their degree of facility in school English. Teachers should also recognize Native American…

Among 119 low-income Canada Natives living in Saskatoon, interview survey found utilization of traditional medicine (1) did not detract from utilization of Western medical services; (2) was related to proficiency in an Indian language; and (3) was not related to difficulty in using Western medicine, age, income, or education. Contains 24…

Historically, it is believed that the American Indians have problems with alcohol which are disproportionate when compared with persons from other cultures. One of the purposes of this study was to attempt to identify individual and cultural differences in the use of alcohol which might exist between urban Indian, White, and Negro subcultures in…

The problem of an American Indian not on a tribal roll is that he is not a legal ward of any particular tribe and is therefore ineligible for financial aid for educational purposes. The relocation program has moved Indians from reservations to urgan areas to encourage assimilation, further adding to the identity problem. Urban Indians are…

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…

This annotated bibliography identifies and describes documentary evidence of Chicago's American Indian population since the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. Sources include studies and reports generated by Indian community organizations and agencies, community newsletters, newspapers, oral histories, grant applications, personal papers, and…

A sample of 300 recent patient records at the Tucson Indian Clinic and 60 client interviews provided data on tribal affiliation, poverty status, patterns of medical services utilization, chronic health problems, family structure, extent of traditionalism and acculturation, employment, educational attainment, stress levels, and health care needs.…

This paper reports results of a survey of 47 homeless adults, interviewed in Ada County, Idaho. Most respondents were male, white, currently single, with no religious preference. The mean number of years of formal education was 11.6. Seventeen percent of the sample were American Indians. Ninety-three percent were unemployed. Twenty-five percent of…

According to the 1970 Census, nearly one-half of the United States American Indian population lives in urban areas. Many of these Indians belong to a lower socioeconomic sector and are often discriminated against in housing, education, employment, health services, and law enforcement. Away from the protections of their own cultures and repressed…

United States census data (1960) on urban American Indians have been prepared to assist those studying urban Indians in obtaining population figures and background information for research projects and reports. Tables are presented showing population totals from 1890 through 1960; distribution of Indians in cities of 10,000 or more; median age by…

A second annual education summit examined research issues and research needs in urban American Indian education. This report summarizes three panel discussions and lists relevant articles, Web sites, and participants. An introduction by Linda Sue Warner discusses the Indian Community School of Milwaukee and its goals of preparing Indian students…

A 1996 research project in St. Paul, Minnesota, found high rates of poverty and unemployment in its American Indian population and a lack of connection between social service agencies and the Indian community. A follow-up project aimed to support the Indian community in identifying its own priorities for research and action. Eight focus groups…

The theories of Bott (1971) and Kapferer (1973) which relate the pattern of conjugal roles to the structure of social networks are discussed in light of a study of an urban lower caste community in India. The two theories are related to different aspects of the conjugal "role." (Author)