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Peer reviewedBrod, Rodney L.; LaDue, Ronald – American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 1989
Recent cutbacks in Indian Health Service (IHS) funding, particularly for urban programs, generated political mobilization and intergroup conflict among several Indian groups with IHS-funded programs. A Montana survey revealed gross underestimation of urban Indian population and high levels of unmet needs for health care services. Contains 27…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Federal Indian Relationship, Health Needs, Health Programs
Peer reviewedWalters, Karina L.; Simoni, Jane M.; Harris, Curtis – American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, 2000
A survey of 100 American Indians in New York City examined sexual behaviors, lifetime HIV risk behaviors, substance use, sexual attitudes, experience of domestic or stranger violence, and HIV information needs and preferred information sources. Although relatively knowledgeable about HIV, respondents did not reflect that knowledge in safe sex…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, At Risk Persons, Information Needs, Prevention
Direct linkPowers, Kristin M. – Urban Education, 2006
Extant survey data collected from 240 urban American Indian students were used to examine the impact of culture-based and universally accepted effective practices in education on American Indian educational outcomes. The results found that culture-based programs had a largely indirect effect, affecting students' educational outcomes via universal…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, American Indian Culture, Parent Participation, American Indian Students
Peer reviewedLancy, David – Human Organization, 1975
A school in a rural tribal area of Liberia is compared with a newer, less well-equipped school in a village. (NQ)
Descriptors: Academic Education, Cognitive Development, Cultural Background, Learning Processes
Peer reviewedClinton, Lawrence; And Others – Rural Sociology, 1975
The economic consequences of urban relocation and the relationship of pre-relocation experiences and migrant characteristics to successful completion of vocational training and employment are assessed for 202 male American Indian relocatees who had participated in the Bureau of Indian Affairs' Direct Employment or Adult Vocational Training…
Descriptors: American Indians, Economic Factors, Employment Patterns, Males
Download full textPeck, John Gregory – 1969
As one of the final reports of the National Study of American Indian Education, this paper is devoted to the Lumbee Indian living in Baltimore, Maryland. The history of the Lumbee's migration which led to the present-day permanent settlement is provided, along with factors such as population mobility, parental attitudes toward the schools, and…
Descriptors: American Indians, Attitudes, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Environment
Woods, Richard G.; Harkins, Arthur M. – 1971
A large amount of discussion during the hearings of the National Council on Indian Opportunity during its 1968-69 visits to 5 major cities was concerned with education. This report organizes the urban Indian concerns and characteristics about education evidenced during the hearings. Much is included in the way of direct quotations from Indian…
Descriptors: American Indians, Dropout Rate, Educational Problems, Educational Resources
Peer reviewedJohnson, Troy; Nagel, Joane – American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 1994
Describes circumstances that set the stage for the 1969 occupation of Alcatraz Island by American Indians, including federal relocation of thousands of reservation Indians to urban areas, national civil rights and antiwar movements, and growth of urban Indian and Indian college student organizations. Briefly traces events of the occupation. Lists…
Descriptors: Activism, American Indian History, Civil Disobedience, College Students
Peer reviewedShostak, Myra; Brown, Lester B. – American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 1995
A survey examined knowledge about fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) and about the effects of prenatal maternal drinking on the fetus among 76 American Indians in Los Angeles, including undergraduate and graduate students and participants in a residential alcohol treatment program. Also reviews the literature on FAS symptoms, outcomes, and incidence,…
Descriptors: Alcohol Education, College Students, Community Programs, Drinking
Lurie, Nancy Oestreich – 1982
Wisconsin encompasses an astonishingly representative illustration of the total historical development of federal Indian policy and Indian reactions to it. Wisconsin's Indian population (at least 25,000 people) is the third largest east of the Mississippi River and offers great diversity (3 major linguistic stocks, 6 broad tribal affiliations, and…
Descriptors: American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Federal Indian Relationship, Financial Support
Woods, Richard G.; Harkins, Arthur M. – 1971
Throughout the 1968-1969 hearings of the National Council on Indian Opportunity (NCIO), interest was shown repeatedly in the development of Indian centers within urban areas. Existing Indian centers in the cities visited by the NCIO were marginally funded operations which nevertheless fulfilled important functions such as intake and referral;…
Descriptors: American Indians, Cultural Centers, Employment Services, Facilities
Peer reviewedAblon, Joan – Social Forces, 1971
Descriptors: Acculturation, American Indians, Disadvantaged, Ethnic Groups
Peer reviewedNapholz, Linda – American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, 1995
Survey of 148 college educated, employed American Indian women in urban Wisconsin examined sex role orientation and indicators of mental well-being. Sex-typed respondents had significantly higher depression, higher role conflict, lower self-esteem, and lower life satisfaction than cross-typed or androgynous respondents. Undifferentiated…
Descriptors: Depression (Psychology), Educational Attainment, Employed Women, Income
Peer reviewedDay, Priscilla A.; Blue, Elizabeth T.; Raymond, Margaret Peake – Journal of American Indian Education, 1998
The American Indian Urban Higher Education Initiative, a collaboration between tribal and urban institutions of higher education in the Minneapolis area, was established to create systems change to benefit urban American Indian students. Community participation in an educational needs assessment organized by the Initiative included a symposium,…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Community Involvement, Educational Needs, Educational Research
National Council on Indian Opportunity, Washington, DC. – 1969
The proceedings of public forums of the National Council of Indian Opportunity are recorded in these 5 documents. These forums were designed to gain information on the condition of urban American Indians living in Los Angeles, Minneapolis-St. Paul, San Francisco, Dallas, and Phoenix. Included in each of the documents are discussions on such…
Descriptors: American Indians, Biracial Committees, Civil Rights, Education
