Explains how authentic literature can be combined with dramatic techniques in a workshop format to explore culturally based experiences and perceptions. Provides an example of a workshop for teachers which used the poetry in Leslie Silko's book, "Ceremony," to explore the Native American viewpoint through drama. (KS)

In Guatemala and Bolivia, countries with high proportions of ethnic (Native) population, indigenous workers had lower educational attainment and earned less at every educational level, relative to nonindigenous workers. The differences between ethnic groups were greater in Guatemala than Bolivia. (SV)

Lists resources available to teachers who wish to gain additional information and insight on cultural diversity in the United States. Includes works by and about African Americans, Latinos, and Native Americans. Covers topics such as conflict resolution, history, prejudice reduction, and history. (DK)

Addresses the need to present a multiculturalist approach in elementary and secondary school general music classes. Suggests connections between particular music teaching methods and ethnic musical traditions. Includes lesson plans concerning the teaching of Native American, African-American, Filipino, and Latin American music. (SG)

Pine Ridge Reservation schools use an interdisciplinary culture-based hands-on approach to science education. During a two-week summer science camp, elementary school teachers receive training in hands-on science instruction and apply their training with students. High school science classes incorporate Lakota culture and community problem…

Describes the results of a national survey of administrators in 121 American Indian child welfare programs. Administrators expressed job satisfaction and rated their professional practice and supervisory skills as moderate to high. Level of educational attainment was related to ratings of professional practice and supervisory skills. (SM)

Focuses on problems with using intelligence testing with Native American clients. Presents several anecdotes from vocational counselor training program with Cree and Ojibwa students, including two Native elders, to demonstrate the validity problems and certain problems with the administration of intelligence tests in general. Recommends that such…

Describes a 4-day outdoor summer workshop for 9 Native Canadians, ages 10 to 17, which focused on traditional Native storytelling. Notes that the students learned to use computer-based multimedia and published interactive multimedia versions of their Native stories. (SR)

Provides a narrative (reading level 10.5) for the classroom teaching of events leading up to the Battle of Wounded Knee. Includes an annotated bibliography of primary source materials. Offers in the narrative a historical review of the events leading up to the battle. (NL)

This annotated bibliography lists 12 outstanding bibliographies published during 1990 and 1991 covering the following historical topics: the Cambridge Ritualists, Herbert Hoover, the Napoleonic era, British history 1945-87, electrical technology, the U.S. peace movement, Columbus, women and seventeenth-century literature, pre-Columbian United…

Discusses types of indigenous higher education (i.e., independent institutions, affiliates of other universities, and integrated structures) and their distinctive qualities; e.g., commitment to community, integration of functions, sustained local leadership, spiritual harmony, use of local language, traditional ways of knowing and teaching,…

Reviews controversies concerning celebrating the 500th anniversary of Columbus' landing in America. Summarizes historians' perspectives concerning that event, including the following: (1) who was first; (2) discovery or invasion; (3) native population numbers; (4) how so few conquered so many; (5) Columbus and slavery; and (6) Columbus and…

Presents three detailed writing activities involving: writing "circle poems" in the Indian spirit; writing a tall tale; and writing with a historical slant. Notes that these imaginative writing assignments are adaptable to any educational level and fit in almost anyplace in the history or social studies curriculum. (RS)

Attempts to refute the multiculturalist revisionism surrounding the observance of the Columbian Quincentenary. Notes that warfare, epidemics, deforestation, and political turmoil existed in the Americas before Columbus' arrival. Discusses Christianity's central role in medieval Europe, some of multiculturalism's contradictions, and the importance…

Describes the nursing program at Salish Kootenai College, focusing on recruitment, retention, individual curriculum plans, remedial/refresher courses in math and science, staffing, clinical practica, student responses, and funding. (DMM)