This book describes how a number of professional and volunteer social workers went about communicating with and teaching disadvantaged children. The records included (reports of events week by week, and day by day) are considered to show the infinitesimal steps that led to eventual success. These examples of how the Indian child, the…

An evaluation study of adult basic education in Maine (ABE) was made by the University of Maine's Continuing Education Division. It was found that during FY 1968-69 ABE programs had reached 1034 persons of a potential ABE population of 88,539. Chapter I summarizes the findings and recommendations. Chapter II presents the design of the study.…

This selection of nearly 600 paperback books, art reproductions, films, filmstrips, and records is intended for classroom, reference, and general reading purposes. The audio-visual materials complement the books. The materials included cover the following areas: art and music; African history, government, and culture; Afro-American history and…

This program aimed to promote intercultural exchange among disadvantaged students (ranging in age from six to fifteen years) from Negro, Spanish-American, Winnebago (American Indian), and Caucasian families. The study attempts to analyze the nature of choices made by the four groups involved and to determine whether a five-week summer session…

The primary purpose of the study was to investigate the problem of student dropout among Indians and Metis at Frontier Collegiate Institute, a residential high school, in Cranberry Portage, Manitoba, Canada. The study utilized student questionnaires regardingschool experiences, residential life, and student assessment of the situation. Teacher…

American Indians who come to the San Francisco Bay Area choose to associate primarily with other Indians of their own or differing tribes in both informal and formal social interaction. Urbanization of Indians occurs on a large scale because of government relocation programs; however, the background in small rural folk communities creates a…

The 1967 annual report of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) describes educational advancements and economic improvements for American Indians. Specific programs and their results are cited in such areas as bilingual education, school facilities, family training, job training, industrial and business development, natural recources deelopment,…

This study of the Minifundia society in the Guatemalan Highlands was intended to describe and analyze the social and economic complex within which these Mayan Indians lived and carried on their system of traditional agriculture. A random sample of 348 families were interviewed and results were reported. According to the survey the average…

This brochure contains a summary of an English language testing project being developed by the University of Southern California under the aegis of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA). Previous attempts (Stanford Achievement Test, California Achievement Test) have failed to test American Indian children's performance in reading, vocabulary, and…

What better way is there to learn about something than to hold it, examine it, and take it apart? The Match Box Project (Materials and Activities for Teachers and Children) loans to schools a series of boxes which contain materials, equipment, supplies, and activities designed as a unit to foster the teaching/learning of specific subjects at the…

A 14-day tour by field workers was designed to obtain a minimum of information for purposes of policy making by the Indian Association of Alberta. The principal Metis centers in the Province of Alberta were visited, and interviews were conducted in Edmonton with government and private agencies. Fact and opinion are intermingled throughout this…

The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between adolescents (particularly males) and their parents. The sample for the study consisted of 2,293 male and 2,482 female adolescents from 27 high schools representing all major regions of the United States. Each student in the sample completed a questionnaire measuring his parents'…

The problem encountered by bilingual students upon entering school is that they are confronted with 2 vocabularies: the group of words used for speaking and the group of words used for reading. This situation places them in a frustrating predicament because they are acquainted with only a limited amount of English. As students progress gradewise,…

American Indian arts and crafts reference materials (published 1923-1973) are listed in this annotated resource guide for elementary and secondary school teachers. Approximately 260 listings are given for: books, films and filmstrips, maps and charts, picture sets, magazines, bibliographies and indexes, slide kits, transparencies, distributor's…

Two automated teaching systems were evaluated in Alaska to indicate the problems and benefits derived from modern educational technology in two rural schools (Tanana State School and Nenana City School) and an urban career center (the Adult Career Development Center) during the 1973-74 school year. Interviews, questionnaires, and classroom…