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Download full textJames, Overton – 1972
The Indian Education Program in Oklahoma is financed and operated under the provision of a contract between the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Oklahoma Department of Education and is supervised by the State Department of Education as authorized by the Johnson O'Malley Act (JOM) of 1936. The narrative section of this 1972 annual report…
Descriptors: American Indians, Ancillary School Services, Annual Reports, Compensatory Education
Sawyer, Thomas E. – 1973
The goal of this position paper is to present considerations and alternatives for healthy life directions which can be made available through education to the Native American to enable him to go beyond the present narrow choices of either total assimilation within the white value system or remaining isolated on the reservation. The 3 purposes of…
Descriptors: American Indians, Biculturalism, Cognitive Development, Community Control
Whiteman, Henrietta V. – 1973
The development of Native American Studies (NAS) is an attempt at self-awareness and an exercise in self-determination. One area of concern in the development of a program for Native Americans is their high attrition rate in college. Specially designed programs for the Native American student could offer (1) Native American student orientation…
Descriptors: American Indians, College Faculty, Community Involvement, Curriculum Design
Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis. Project Social Studies Curriculum Center. – 1968
Readings designed to accompany Unit IV, (ED 069 562) which is intended for fifth grade students, describe the Birmingham region from 1812 to 1872. Nine themes in the study illustrate settlement in the valley, early growth in Birmingham, and the changing use of the area in terms of different perceptions of natural resources. Technical advancement…
Descriptors: American Indians, Area Studies, Community Change, Elementary Education
Washington Office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Olympia. – 1970
Authorized by the Johnson-O'Malley Act and supervised by the Washington State Department of Education, several programs have been designed to involve the American Indian in the education of his children. This 1969-70 annual report, prepared by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, presents pertinent information and statistical data pertaining…
Descriptors: American Indians, Annual Reports, Attendance Records, Community Involvement
Letchworth, George – 1972
Factors that differentiate between first-year teachers who remain for a second year and those who resign after 1 year of employment with the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) schools were investigated in this 1969-70 study of BIA teachers working from the BIA area office in Gallup, New Mexico (n=78), and Aberdeen, South Dakota (n=49). Data were…
Descriptors: American Indians, Cultural Awareness, Employment Patterns, Faculty Mobility
Goodson, William Dale – 1972
A 5-week pre-college orientation program for new freshman American Indian students was conducted in the summer of 1970 by Brigham Young University. The program included weekly field trips to industries in the area, help with study skills, problem solving, choosing a college major, positive thinking, and experience with college English and math.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, American Indians, Career Choice
Stout, Irving W.; Pratt, Wayne T. – 1972
School board training is conducted 8 times during the school year at 5 reservation locations for approximately 300 adult Navajos. A list of statements made during small group discussions on the major topic items covered at these meetings is presented in this report. Major topics include curriculum development, parent-school and community-school…
Descriptors: American Indians, Boards of Education, Cultural Awareness, Curriculum Development
PDF pending restorationBureau of Indian Affairs (Dept. of Interior), Albuquerque, NM. – 1972
Pilot projects to experiment with methods of achieving the objectives of the Off-Reservation Boarding School Project (ORBS) were conducted at Sherman Indian High School, Riverside, California, and at Chilocco Indian High School, Chilocco, Oklahoma. The general objectives for the ORBS Project at each school were to review long range goals, to…
Descriptors: Administration, American Indians, Boarding Schools, Consultants
Consulting Services Corp., Seattle, WA. – 1969
The objective of the study was to offer general and comprehensive information on American Indian education as it pertains to Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act in Arizona. The primary vehicle used for collecting information was the focus interview--a technique used to gather in-depth information on opinions and preferences.…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, American Indians, Community Involvement, Cultural Differences
Parmee, Edward A., Comp. – 1970
The basic objectives of the "Indian Needs Assessment Conference," held in Phoenix, Arizona, were (1) to evaluate the interim study, "Assessment of the Educational Needs of Indian Students in the State of Arizona," conducted by the Consulting Services, Corporation, and (2) to arrive at some positive recommendations for the…
Descriptors: American Indians, Community Involvement, Conferences, Curriculum
PDF pending restorationWebster, Loraine; Schleif, Mabel – 1972
The "Read Aloud Stories" series in this document consists of 10 booklets, each containing an illustrated story of Sioux origin which is intended to be read to preschool and early elementary non-proficient readers (grades 1.9 to 3.4). Each story is designed to convey a simple concept concerning the child's Indian heritage as well as to…
Descriptors: American Indians, Books, Childrens Literature, Cultural Awareness
Peer reviewedJournal of Education, 1971
Articles on existing programs of adult education operating outside of institutional sponsorship are presented. The articles about adult education classes for Indians and teaching English as a second language report developments in programs that have only recently been established, while articles on the Junior League, adult activities in the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, American Indians, Bibliographies, Educational Programs
PRATT, WAYNE T. – 1961
THIS DOCUMENT STATES THAT BETWEEN 1952 AND 1961 APPROXIMATELY 50,000 RESERVATION INDIANS WERE ASSISTED BY THE BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS TO RELOCATE IN MANY OF THE LARGER METROPOLITAN AREAS OF THE UNITED STATES. THEIR SUCCESS IN CITY LIFE HAS BEEN LARGELY DEPENDENT UPON SATISFACTORY ADJUSTMENT TO THE LOCAL URBAN COMMUNITY LIFE SO FOREIGN TO THEM.…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), American Indians, Behavior Patterns, Cultural Traits
Khan, Seemin Anwar – 1976
Conducted in the Punjab in Jhok Sayal, a predominantly Muslim village, this narrative study described: the environment and living conditions of women in this rural village (comprised mainly of tenants and landless labourers); the attitudes of the women toward education, marriage, family planning, and skills; and the woman's daily and annual…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Developing Nations, Education, Environmental Influences
