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M. J. Reinhardt; T. Moses; K. Arkansas; B. Ormson; G. K. Ward – National Comprehensive Center, 2020
For educators to more fully comprehend the issues surrounding the current state of affairs regarding tribal consultation and sovereignty in American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) education, it is necessary to provide a socio-historical context. This brief provides information on the evolution of Native education, from its precolonial roots to…
Descriptors: American Indians, Alaska Natives, Tribal Sovereignty, American Indian Education
West Comprehensive Center at WestEd, 2014
The West Comprehensive Center (WCC) is working with the Arizona Department of Education (ADE), the Nevada Department of Education (NDE), and the Utah State Office of Education (USOE) to assist districts and schools that are implementing activities to improve outcomes for Indian students. As a first step, WCC staff reviewed state and national law,…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, State Legislation, Federal Legislation, Laws
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Ryan, Frank Anthony – Harvard Educational Review, 1982
The author discusses federal legislation that concerns American Indian education. Examines contract schools, the Bureau of Indian Affairs school system, availability of public schools, sectarian mission schools, termination of tribal sovereignty, relocation to urban areas, and the Indian Education Act of 1972. (CT)
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Federal Indian Relationship
Indian Education Training, Inc., Albuquerque, NM. – 1980
Containing the Indian Education Act final regulations of May 21, 1980, which affect Local Educational Agency entitlement grants, the handbook of technical assistance materials is divided into two major sections. The first consists of a summary of major changes in the regulations, covering applicability, eligibility, applicable regulations,…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indians, Compliance (Legal), Educational Finance
Dupris, Joseph C. – 1980
The reemergence in the 1960's of the traditional Indian philosophy of education as preparation for societal productivity coincided with a movement within Indian communities toward more active participation in and self-control of the education of their people. By recognizing the historical right of American Indians to control their own education,…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, Community Control, Educational Change
National Advisory Council on Indian Education, Washington, DC. – 1979
Appointed by the President, the fifteen Indian and Alaska Native members of the National Advisory Council on Indian Education (NACIE) are charged by law to advise the Congress and the Commissioner of Education in a number of areas concerning the administration of programs in which Indian children and adults participate and to submit an Annual…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Agency Cooperation, American Indian Education, American Indians