An analysis of court cases and Equal Opportunity Employment Commission decisions was undertaken to highlight problems of Asian Indian academics who are involved in filing discrimination complaints. These data were supplemented by informal interviews with faculty members who have filed complaints. The analysis indicates that the academics must…

Reflecting the concerns of the National Advisory Council on Indian Education (NACIE) regarding issues that improve and promote American Indian and Alaska Native self-determination as mandated by the Indian Self-Determination and Educational Assistance Act, this annual report documents NACIE's 1976 activities and presents NACIE's 1976…

Comparing program objectives with program outcomes, 4 program components targeted at 1,100 American Indian students in 9 school districts in Pierce County, Washington were evaluated. Program objectives operationalized by an 11-member staff including 9 specialists and 1 coordinator were to develop: (1) basic skills via tutoring services for…

Tomo-chi-chi was a Creek Indian leader who did much to insure peaceful relations between the first English colonists in Georgia and the native Americans. His wisdom and dedication to peace were known and respected by the Creek people and the English colonists. He developed a lifelong friendship with General James Oglethorpe, the English founder of…

The Mohawk Language Checklist was developed for the intermediate grades, after the implementation of the Bilingual Education Act of 1968 increased the need for Mohawk language materials. It was designed to: (1) determine the need for bilingual instruction; (2) identify students needing bilingual instruction; and (3) determine the effectiveness of…

In the summer of 1978, seven teenagers and several staff members from the Fairbanks Native Association-Johnson O'Malley program set out to record some of Alaska's past by interviewing a number of older Alaska Natives and writing their biographical sketches. Some of the students spent a week along the Yukon River taping and photographing people;…

This paper rejects the view that the need to modify the status and role of minorities in educational research and development is of high priority. The need to modify this status is viewed as symptomatic of the problem of differential treatment of persons of color by American educational institutions. The problem which the American Educational…

EDUCATIONAL POLICY FOR AMERICAN INDIAN CHILDREN HAS BEEN BASED ON THE PRINCIPLES THAT THE INDIAN'S SALVATION LIES IN HIS CEASING TO BE WHAT AND WHO HE IS, THAT IT LIES IN BECOMING ASSIMILATED THROUGH ALIENATION, AND THAT ENGLISH SHALL BE THE SOLE LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION. AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THESE PRINCIPLES AND THE INDIAN CHILDREN'S POOR…

THIS PROJECT TESTED A METHOD FOR DEVELOPING "AUDIO-VISUAL LITERACY" AND, AT THE SAME TIME, AN EMPATHIC UNDERSTANDING OF ANOTHER CIVILIZATION THROUGH THE USE OF A SERIES OF SELECT FILMS. THE POPULATION CONSISTED OF 28 TEACHERS IN AN IN-SERVICE COURSE AND CLASSES LATER TAUGHT BY IN-SERVICE TRAINED TEACHERS IN FIVE SECONDARY SCHOOLS--THREE…

THE FUNCTIONS, ACCOMPLISHMENTS, AND NEEDS OF THE NAVAJO TRIBAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE IS THE SUBJECT OF THIS REPORT TO THE SENATE SUB-COMMITTEE ON INDIAN EDUCATION. THE MAIN JOB OF THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE IS TO SERVE AS A CONNECTING LINK BETWEEN THE NAVAJO TRIBAL COUNCIL AND EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES SERVING NAVAJO YOUTH. THE MAIN ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THE…

THIS ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF OVER 350 SUGGESTED READINGS IN THE LITERATURES OF AFRICA, CHINA, INDIA, AND JAPAN WAS DESIGNED TO FACILITATE THE USE OF NON-WESTERN LITERATURE IN CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT. WORKS WERE SELECTED FOR BEING REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COUNTRY, FOR HAVING LITERARY MERIT ACCORDING TO THE CANONS OF THE COUNTRY, AND FOR HAVING…

A national survey analyzed migrant education programs during 1967. The objectives were to identify: (1) those school districts reporting migrant children under Title I, ESEA, (2) the number of school districts providing migrant education programs both during the regular school year and summer term, (3) the major curricular emphasis and grade…

A current experiment in curriculum development for Indian children in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan examines educational objectives in terms of the characteristics of 20th-Century society. Dissimilarities of Indian communities and the cultural background of Indian children in relation to the traits of non-Indian society point out the…

In this message, President Johnson notifies Congress of his establishment of the National Council on Indian Opportunity, and outlines proposed legislation and appropriations designed to alleviate many of the problems of the American Indian. The program as outlined is designed to promote Indian self-help and self-determination, and to begin to…

The American Indian Task Force for the Educational Resources Information Center/Clearinghouse on Rural Education and Small Schools (ERIC/CRESS) was established in 1976 to aid CRESS in serving the users of American Indian educational materials. Comprised of 11 authorities in the field of Indian education, the Task Force met twice over a period of a…