Such factors as values, traditions, customs, institutions, language, kinship systems, beliefs and skills are highly pertinent to the providing of mental health services. The report reveals allegations of serious abuse of cultural relevancy in serving Native Americans, questions what Native American mental health is and how it differs from…

The July 24, 1980, Indian education oversight hearings focused on four issues: the proposed closing of the Fort Sill and Stewart Indian Boarding Schools; the furloughing of Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) teachers; contract schools' problems with indirect costs and operations and maintenance funding; and a study of Johnson O'Malley support for…

Data collected by the New Mexico State Department of Education in the spring 1973 are used in tables to compare the 1972 Laguna Acoma High School (LAHS) graduating class and other 1972 New Mexico high school graduating classes. The percentage of 1972 LAHS graduates who at the time of the study were involved in post-secondary academic education or…

Self-esteem, the ability to control one's environment, pupil's perceived teacher's expectations, and achievement are among variables affecting the academic performance of Indian students from various tribes in elementary and secondary public and private schools. Many studies reveal the almost universally poor achievement of Indian students…

Annie Dodge Wauneka, daughter of a great Navajo leader, is in her own right a respected leader of her people. The first woman ever to be elected to the Navajo Tribal Council, she has worked tirelessly to improve the health and welfare of the Navajos. Ever since she, as a young schoolgirl, helped nurse her classmates through a disastrous flu…

With the emphasis changing from paternalism by the federal government to self determination, it is time to set aside tribal politics and work toward developing, strengthening and improving Pueblo governments and leaders. By incorporating basic management techniques into the operation of tribal governments while taking into account laws of the…

Primary objectives of the first comprehensive study of New Mexico Pueblo school dropouts were to identify and locate such dropouts, to determine reasons for Pueblo dropouts, and to identify types of counseling and services available. Of 710 identified dropouts, 328 from the 19 Pueblos were interviewed in home visits. Personal reasons (seeing no…

Part of the Native American way is to be quiet; traditionally Native Americans had to be quiet to survive, to be secure, and to show respect. This curriculum guide, suitable for use at intermediate grade levels, presents a unit designed to share this important aspect of the Native American culture. The six lessons provide teachers with background…

The Chicago Archives Branch has a sizeable amount of material pertaining to Indians who once resided in the area of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Minnesota which is contained in the records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), the District Courts of the United States, the United States Attorneys and Marshals, the Chief of…

To help Native Americans discover what careers might interest them, the exercises in this workbook manifest the user's needs, beliefs, likes and dislikes, thereby enabling a better choice of a suitable career. Following the first section on pronunciation and meaning of certain words necessary to a school or job search is a section on job dreams…

This digest is written to provide quick access to information about the Titled programs carried out under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act in the Navajo Area by the Chinle Agency, the Eastern Navajo Agency, the Ft. Defiance Agency, the Shiprock Agency, and the Western Navajo Agency. The information was obtained from the approved projects…

The curriculum guide is designed to be used by teachers working with three-to-five year old Yakima children who attend early childhood programs and who will subsequently enter a public school system where most of their teachers, administrators, and classmates will be non-Indian. To lessen the negative effects of possible culture conflict, to help…

Learning objectives, discussion questions, activities, background information, and a resource bibliography are presented in this teacher's guide to "Fisherman on the Puyallup", which is the tale of a young Puyallup Indian boy who is learning to fish for salmon. Recommending that the book should be read aloud as part of an intermediate…

Legal, philosophical, legislative, historical, and international aspects of the issue of Indian tribal sovereignty and treaty rights are presented in six articles based on transcripted proceedings of a forum held at San Diego State University April 12-14, 1978. In the introduction, Sam Deloria examines various definitions of tribal sovereignty. In…

Developed under the auspices of the Bureau of Indian Affairs' Bicentennial Celebration and its videotape documentation project, this catalog describes documentary videotapes of tribal activities produced by American Indians with the consent of individual tribes. The catalog is divided into the following sections: User's Policy (regulations…