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Russell, Steve – American Indian Quarterly, 2003
Academia is the author's second career, and his path to that career was unusual. Oklahoma schools had little to offer, and he had given up on education in the ninth grade because it had long since given up on him. The Vietnam War bought him a position in the Air Force that improved his self-image, and the GI Bill bought him an education. He came…
Descriptors: American Indians, American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indian Studies
Muskogee Independent School District, OK. – 1981
This booklet contains profiles of 15 persons working in jobs nontraditional for their sex in the vicinity of Muskogee, Oklahoma. The one-page profiles are all written by the persons holding the jobs and include such information as educational background, job searches, acceptance on the job, and future plans. Photographs of each person on the job…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Biographical Inventories, Blue Collar Occupations, Career Choice