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Download full textNorthwest Regional Educational Lab., Portland, OR. – 1981
Designed as supplementary reading material for Indian and non-Indian children in the elementary grades, this series of 21 booklets presents 36 stories and legends of Northwest tribes. Stories in this fourth level of the six-level series were developed cooperatively by Indian people of reservations in the Pacific Northwest. Booklets range from 7 to…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Literature, American Indians, Childrens Literature
Rusco, Elmer R. – 1982
Because Native American societies are held by United States courts to possess rights of self-government where these rights have not been explicitly withdrawn, the constitutions of 280 Native American governments in the United States (exclusive of 219 in Alaska) were examined as they existed in September 1981 to determine the extent and character…
Descriptors: American Indian History, American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Civil Liberties
Roessel, Robert A., Jr. – 1983
Using archaeological data, written chronicles of Spanish explorers and missionaries, and oral narratives and legends, the book traces the history of the Navajo people to their original homeland, Dinetah, located primarily off the present reservation in an area south and east of Farmington, New Mexico. The book discusses various theories on Navajo…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indian History, American Indians
Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada, Reno. – 1974
Among the native peoples who occupied the western Great Basin were a great many outstanding personalities. Various types of leaders, referred to as "headmen" or "talkers," as well as medicine men, religious leaders, and artists, played very significant roles in the history of this area. The social organization of the Western…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian History, American Indians, Biographies
National Indian Council on Aging, Albuquerque, NM. – 1981
A national training session for administrators of tribal aging programs held by the National Indian Council on Aging in November 1979 was the basis for the training manual. The seven chapter titles reflect workshop topics with the text of each chapter incorporating material presented in the workshops and examples of model programs on reservations.…
Descriptors: Advocacy, American Indians, Demonstration Programs, Financial Support
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1980
The Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and XI, Public Law 95-561: Problems in the BIA Portland Area. issue of administrative funds (Element 10, Title XI, Basic Indian Education Act) to be allotted to the Portland area of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA). Maxine Edmo, president of the Advocates for Indian Education educational arm of the…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indians, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
Americans for Indian Opportunity, Inc., Albuquerque, NM. – 1976
The report discusses how Indian tribes can conserve and develop their own resources at their own pace and explores the options available to them as owners of valuable natural resources. Discussed are problems encountered by tribal leaders with various government agencies; the basic precepts of the Bureau of Indian Affairs; how the problems of…
Descriptors: Agency Role, American Indians, Change Strategies, Community Control
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs. – 1980
Meeting on June 10, 1980, the Select Committee on Indian Affairs heard testimony on the first-year implementation of Public Law 95-471, the Tribally Controlled Community Colleges Assistance Act of 1978. Testimony consisted of problems encountered during the first year, expectations for next year, and recommendations for change. The director of the…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), American Indian Education, American Indians, Community Colleges
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1980
The House Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Education met on April 28, 1980, to hear testimony regarding progress made and problems encountered in implementing Title XI Amendments. Various representatives of Indian Affairs and Indian Education Programs testified on the following: recent changes in BIA education programs;…
Descriptors: Administration, American Indian Education, American Indians, Delivery Systems
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Brigham City, UT. – 1980
The technical assistance and training services which the Office of Technical Assistance and Training (OTAT) offered for Alaskan Natives, Indian Tribes, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs personnel during 1980 are highlighted in this report. The Real Property Management and the Forestry training programs, developed in cooperation with the Office of…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indian Education, American Indians, Career Development
Daniels, Harry W. – 1979
A compilation of six policy statements, the booklet is intended to draw attention to the suppression of the rights of indigenous peoples (specifically, the Canadian Metis) by an inflexible federalist system of government, misguided national policies, and land claim settlements such as the 1978 COPE settlement. It is also intended to propose…
Descriptors: American Indians, Canada Natives, Civil Rights, Cultural Pluralism
Rothwell, Stephen J. – 1978
This bilingual annotated bibliography of French and English films about the Indians and Inuit of North America contains entries for more than 1200 films made between 1965 and 1978. Although most of the films are in English, about 100 French films are included. Their titles are listed alphabetically in an Index of "Films in French". There…
Descriptors: American History, American Indians, Annotated Bibliographies, Anthropology
Cunningham, Maggi – 1979
Born in 1767, Black Hawk was the last great war leader of the Sauk Indians, who lived in the Rock River valley in Illinois. By age 25, he was a famed warrior and leader of his people who raided neighboring tribes until a period of peace and prosperity began about 1800. Various treaties of which the Sauk knew and understood very little deprived the…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Biographies
American Friends Service Committee, Seattle, WA. Pacific Northwest Regional Office. – 1977
Describing the "checkerboard" effect of legal jurisdiction over American Indians living on reservations currently operative under Federal, state, and local laws, this document presents a brief synthesis of the legislative history leading up to Public Law (PL) 83-280 and the Indian Self Determination Act of 1975 (PL 93-638). Specifically, this…
Descriptors: American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Court Litigation, Criminal Law
Diamond, Tom – 1974
The Tiguas of El Paso, Texas; the Coushattas of Louisiana; and the Tortugas of Las Cruces, New Mexico share a common background in that they represent American Indian tribes who, having lost their land base, have been abandoned by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and have experienced recent circumstances of poverty. Since Indian rights stem from…
Descriptors: American Indians, Equalization Aid, Federal Government, Land Acquisition
