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Vogel, Virgil J. – American Indian Quarterly, 1987
Notes that American Indian achievements are overlooked and even specifically denied in the face of overwhelming evidence of their reality. Examines the denials of Indian originality in three specific matters that have been controversial in recent decades: medicine, the manufacture of maple syrup, and the use of fertilizer. (JHZ)
Descriptors: Achievement, Achievement Rating, Agricultural Skills, American Indian Culture
Francis, J. H. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1919
The name of the United States School Garden Army was adopted in March, 1918. The work of the organization is an expansion of work undertaken by the Bureau of Education in 1914. The scale upon which it was done was limited by the finances that could be secured for it. The acute demand for food production growing out of the war conditions made…
Descriptors: Educational History, War, Educational Environment, School Activities
Woodward, Carl R. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1921
The last two decades have seen a rapid expansion of State colleges of agriculture in the United States. The enrollment has increased rapidly and this has meant a rapid development in the means for offering resident instruction. The courses of study have been passing through a process of evolution coincident with this growth. In general it is…
Descriptors: Educational History, College Curriculum, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Colleges