The results of field research conducted during the summers of 1959 and 1960 in the Baker Lake region of the Keewatin District of the Northwest Territories are reported. Discussions of social and economic changes which have occurred among the Eskimo and the Kabloona (White) inhabitants of the region comprise the major portion of the report.…

The highlights of the Navajo Area education program and activities are described in this progress report for the 1969-70 school year. Brief descriptions of programs, activities, and events are classified by 4 goals set by the Tribal Education Committee in 1966: (1) to attack the unique problems of Indian students by the provision of unique…

Brief descriptions of the historical and cultural background of the Bannock, Cayuse, Coeur d'Alene, Kutenia, Kalispel, Palouse, Umatilla, Walla Walla, Yakima, Spokane, Klamath, Sanpoil, Nespelem, Colville, Quinault, Quileute, Makahs, Klallam, Lummi, Cowlit, Puyallup, Nisqually, and Nez Perce Indian tribes of the Northwestern United States are…

Abstracts are included of the major papers presented at a working conference focusing on successful educational programs and dissemination of practices. Three papers describe the rural setting by examining the education of American Indian youth, educational systems in the rural South, and change in rural areas. A paper on change gives suggestions…

There is a need to ascertian ways and means whereby improvements may be initiated in present and future educational programs for the Native people of Alaska. The present situation indicates that because of the dropout rate from secondary schools and the low academic success of those in college, educators in Alaska have failed to cope with the…

A study was conducted in Inuvik, a planned settlement in the Mackenzie Delta region of the Northwest Territories in Canada, to study the factors which work against adaptation among the Indians, Eskimos, and Metis to the "urban milieu" of Inuvik. Field techniques included informal observation and intensive interviews with selected native…

Population statistics based on the 1960 Census of Population are presented for Negroes, American Indians, persons with Spanish surnames, and "other whites" in the Southwestern states of Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico and Texas. Some 1950 Census data are included for comparative purposes. Detailed tables present information on…

The activities of the Four Corners Mental Retardation Project conducted by the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education are described in this document. The purpose of the project was to enhance services for the mentally retarded in the Four Corners Area (Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah) focusing on the mentally retarded in the…

The disadvantagement of American Indian youth has long been of concern to various researchers. The major findings of recent research related to the achievement of Indian students in school are summarized in an effort to describe the extent of their disadvantagement. Nearly all of the studies reviewed showed the Indian student to be far behind…

A cross-cultural test measuring need-achievement motivation was developed and administered to 634 American Indian, Spanish American and Anglo high school seniors attending 24 schools, including Federal, public and private boarding and day types. Need-achievement was related to the following types of measures: academic, aptitude, intelligence, and…

The social setting of the Navajo Reservation is depicted in this reading series for children whose preschool language is other than English, in the hope that familiar scenes will induce greater interest in the reading material. The narration is presented under each illustration and is repeated on the page following the illustration to focus the…

Results of a planning grant received by the Devils Lake, North Dakota, school district under Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) are presented. The project included an enrollment survey of the public and non-public schools in a 10-county area; a vocational survey of seniors, parents of seniors, juniors, and sophomores in…

Books and periodicals published between 1951 and 1969 are listed in this 108-item annotated bibliography of materials on general research in education, on programs affecting social change, and on the backgrounds of Indian people of Canada. Materials are grouped under 10 headings: (1) books by and about Indian people, (2) general education, (3)…

Two sets of issues are discussed in this volume of the survey. These issues are related to the provision and adequacy of schools for the Indian child and adult, and to leadership, organization and direction of reserves. Although mindful of the wider setting of culture and community in which these issues find their definition, they are abstracted…

Failure of commercial materials to meet the particular needs of the Navajo child resulted in development of this curriculum guide for non-English-speaking children. Teaching objectives and behavioral student objectives are presented for 5 areas of language arts (oral English, listening skills, cognitive processes, writing readiness, and formal…