Bilingual education in the United States has been directed by various language education policies to which there are three dimensions: (1) the language or dialect the child speaks on entering school; (2) the type of language policy in the school, which may be monolingual or one of three types of bilingual policies; (3) the divisions of language…

The student manual contains no grammatical explanation or other commentary. The Aymara material is presented in a pedagogical manner for ease in reading the dialogues and reviews and for structural clarity in the exercises. The translations are provided in both Spanish and English, making the volume ready for use with students whose first language…

The teacher's manual for the Aymara materials includes: phonology exercises, for use in improving pronunciation when needed; indexes of all volumes, including cross-indexes; grammatical, pedagogical, and cultural notes for each unit; supplementary exercises, concentrating on verb forms and material essential to the mastery of these forms; answer…

Although Aymara is the native language of more than one million people, there has been up to now very little material available in Aymara. The Aymara Language Materials Project, begun formally in 1969, has concentrated on providing simultaneously a culturally accurate set of materials for learning the Aymara language and an introduction to the…

Student rights encompass all specific rights which the courts recognize as being vested in students. These may be derived from applicable Federal, State, and/or local laws, including school regulations. On June 22, 1973, an ad hoc committee (50 percent American Indian) was convened in Albuquerque, New Mexico to review a special report form…

Efficient planning and execution of development programs must be based on accurate information concerning current economic and social conditions and changes in these over time. This paper points out the absence of adequate statistical information on the American Indian and the need for such information by the Federal Government, the various…

This publication is the result of a Multicultural Education/Competency Based Teacher Education (M/CBTE) project which, among other objectives, sought to bring together the findings of separate studies, projects, and research efforts. The project proposed to take a broader approach to the overall problem of quality education by seeking to identify…

The San Juan School (Espanola, New Mexico) was evaluated by a team from the Bureau of Indian Affairs' Central Office staff in Albuquerque. Team members assisted the Division of Program Review as representatives from other divisions, using the expertise in their respective fields. The methodology and techniques, which were left to the evaluator's…

The aim of this study was to test a hypothesis derived from the Cognitive Clarity Theory which compares Indian and non-Indian children in two localities of British Columbia. It was hypothesized that, in comparison with Indian children, the non-Indian children would show significantly superior performance on objective tests of cognitive clarity in…

The report examined the American Indian dropout rate for the fall semester, 1973-74, at Ft. Wingate High School (FWHS) in Gallup, New Mexico. For that period, the FWHS dropout rate was 26 percent, compared to a national average of about 25 percent (FWHS) statistics are for one semester; national statistics are for an entire year). Dropouts were…

The report of the 5th Annual Conference of the National Indian Education Association (November 1973, Wisconsin) focuses on education on Indian terms. The summary includes conference highlights, such as the Wisconsin Indian Educator of the Year Award, student concerns, and Title IV, Indian Education Act. Representative excerpts of conference…

The study presents some aspects of American Indian history and culture of the Warroad, Minnesota region, examining three well-known Chippewa families--Ka-Kay-Geesick, Lightning, and Thunder. These families were selected because of their significance in the area--Ka-Kay-Geesick was a well-known medicine man; the Lightning name is associated with…

The goal of the Cultural Literacy Laboratory is to provide educators with crosscultural adaptive skills needed to acclimate to different cultures and to reduce the effect of culture shock. These skills are of particular importance to teachers working in bilingual and multicultural classrooms. A culturally literate educator is one who is aware of…

The Mapuches, a tribe now numbering about 500,000 people in south central Chile are the descendants of the Araucanians of Spanish legend. Many still speak only their own idiom, which now shows much lexical influence of the surrounding Spanish. This paper is an exposition of Maria Catrileo Chiguailaf de Godo's research in her native language. It…

The result of extensive research addressing the unique needs and problems of American Indians, the report concludes that a singular solution to the multiple educational problems of the Indian is precluded by variances in location, tribal size, politics, and language and cultural disparities. Giving an overview of Indian education and problems, 7…