The narrative essays in this collection offer a vision of the race and identity of Native Americans, focusing on American Indians that have grown up in cities and towns. It is a unique collection in that it represents the ways that mixed blood people ("mixbloods") envision Indian race and heritage. It is also unique in that it extends the…

Ownership rates of advanced communication technologies among Hispanic families are lower than the national average. Going beyond socioeconomic (i.e., family income, educational attainment, and occupation) indicators as key predictors of the so-called technology gap, this paper relies on qualitative analysis of Hispanic families' attitudes and…

The teacher's guide to the "Carrascolendas 500 Series," a bilingual (Spanish/English) television program geared toward encouraging affective learning in 6- to 9-year-olds, provides information about the main points made in each of the 39 programs in the series. It gives teachers general tips on how to use the series to explore important…

A survey of 53 private career institutions in Nebraska (56 percent located in the Omaha area) revealed the following statistics for the period July 1, 1990 to June 30, 1991: (1) 9,275 students were enrolled; (2) business programs enrolled the largest percentage (35 percent) of the total student population, with business, trade, and technical…

The Saginaw (Michigan) School District bilingual and migrant programs operated as one program at 24 elementary schools, 4 junior high schools, and both high schools. The state bilingual program served 633 students, primarily Hispanics, and 585 students in the migrant program, but there was considerable overlap between enrollments. Services…

This bibliography provides researchers, policymakers, and community service providers with 247 annotated citations about Latino alcohol use. Prior to 1980, little was known about alcohol use among Latinos living in the United States, and research was scant. Although research and information on the subject greatly expanded between 1980 and 1990,…

This report used national data to assess the participation and degree completion status of Blacks and Hispanics in U.S. graduate and professional schools. Objectives of the report were: (1) to examine national data on the graduate and professional school enrollment and degree attainment of race and sex groups in various major fields of study; (2)…

This paper addresses the key findings of a previous study exploring the relationship between ethnicity and substance abuse and discusses them in relation to the school's role in prevention. Substance abuse cannot be addressed in ethnic communities without also addressing poverty, lack of adequate housing, health and child care, education,…

This report examines the current state of library services for Hispanic young adults and recommends a program for greatly expanding these services at the Latin American Branch of the Oakland Public Library. The study was conducted through an extensive reading of the literature on the topic, interviews with key individuals, and surveys. The first…

The quality of mental health research on Hispanic populations has not kept pace with the quantity, resulting in a poorly integrated body of scientific knowledge. A conceptual framework for clinical service research with Hispanic populations highlights specific goals and orientations, following a hypothetical five-step temporal sequence. Research…

This report examines one subset of the 1980 U.S. Census to assess the socioeconomic status of Blacks and Hispanics relative to non-Hispanic Whites in Chicago, and to minorities in the 10 other Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas (SMSAs) in the United States with populations greater than 2.5 million. Eight indicators of socioeconomic disparity…

The relationship between schooling in the English language abroad and the subsequent acculturation and attainments of Hispanic and Asian immigrants to the United States was investigated. Data were obtained from the 1976 Survey of Income and Education. For the analysis, educational background factors were related to socioeconomic and language…

This discussion begins with an examination of the historical and present function which literature plays in the struggle for national liberation, proceeds to the author's impressions of a meeting of the members of the various literary magazines of Puerto Rico which took place on March 30, 1973, and concludes with a critical examination of several…

This is an historical analysis of English Only programs in California and their impact on bilingualism as a natural acquisition process. Factors that propagate bilingualism such as a continual flow of Spanish speaking immigrants, and social, economic and ethnic isolation, are delineated for theorizing about key aspects of multilingualism, the…

A report is given of the Fifty-Sixth Annual Meeting of the AATSP held at Denver, Colorado, November 25-26 and 29-30, 1974, at which time the AATSP, AATF and ACTFL met together for the first time. (RM)