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Peer reviewedSteinhauer, Noella – Canadian Social Studies, 1994
Maintains that, over the past 25 years, Native Americans in Canada have managed to gain control of their own educational systems. Contends that, with the current political structure, achieving and maintaining continuity and stability is difficult but not impossible. (CFR)
Descriptors: Canada Natives, Educational Administration, Educational Change, Educational Policy
Porter, Robert; Yellow Bird, Michael – Indigenous Nations Studies Journal, 2000
The development of a new Indigenous Nations Studies program at the University of Kansas is described. Success depended on a critical mass of Indigenous and non-Indigenous faculty and students that had a sense of political and social justice and understood the need for institutional change. The biggest challenge was countering the entrenched…
Descriptors: American Indian Studies, College Programs, Criticism, Educational Objectives
Download full textCornell, Stephen – 2000
Research on economic development efforts among 70 American Indian tribes, mostly in rural areas, yields information that may be applicable to rural areas generally. Local control matters--when decisions move into the hands of those whose future is at stake, the decision makers bear the consequences of their decisions, resulting in better decision…
Descriptors: Community Control, Community Leaders, Decentralization, Economic Development
Peer reviewedSioui, George; And Others – Canadian Journal of Native Education, 1995
Three Native Americans discuss Native American history and the quest for tribal sovereignty, their educational experiences, their views on the conference and the development of a First Nations graduate program, the importance of preserving and transmitting Native American culture and language, and the importance of Native Americans with advanced…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indian History, Cultural Maintenance
Direct linkCaldwell, Joyce Y.; Davis, Jamie D.; Du Bois, Barbara; Echo-Hawk, Holly; Erickson, Jill Shepard; Goins, R. Turner; Hill, Calvin; Hillabrant, Walter; Johnson, Sharon R.; Kendall, Elizabeth; Keemer, Kelly; Manson, Spero M.; Marshall, Catherine A.; Running Wolf, Paulette; Santiago, Rolando L.; Schacht, Robert; Stone, Joseph B. – American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research: The Journal of the National Center, 2005
This article describes the collective experience of a multidisciplinary network of researchers, practitioners, and program evaluators who support appropriate research and evaluation methods in working with Native peoples. Our experience underlines the critical importance of culture in understanding and conducting research with the diverse…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Evaluators, Evaluation Methods, Alaska Natives
Sinquah, A. T.; Massey, S. R. – 1988
This document discusses the genesis of the Hopi Educational Master Plan Project, a long-range effort at planning a rural school system for a Native American population. The opening of a new junior/senior high school on the Hopi reservation in Northern Arizona raised many issues about the educational needs of the Hopi people. Staff of the Bureau of…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Community Control
Peer reviewedSahr, David E. – Social Education, 1997
Provides an overview of historic Native American tribal government structures and discusses ways of integrating this subject into the social studies curriculum. Specifically examines the tribal governments of the Iroquois, Muscogee, Lakota, and Pueblos. Includes illustrations, a list of references, and suggested teaching activities. (MJP)
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian History, American Indians, Democratic Values
Jensen, Marianne, Comp. – 1996
This annual publication examines political, legal, social, and educational issues concerning indigenous peoples around the world during 1995-96. Part I highlights news events and ongoing situations in specific countries, including threats to indigenous territories, human rights violations, political victories, developments at the United Nations,…
Descriptors: Activism, Alaska Natives, American Indian Education, American Indians
Native American Rights Fund, Boulder, CO. – 1983
The 1982 annual report of the Native American Rights Fund (NARF), a non-profit organization specializing in the protection of Indian rights, explains the organization, its structure, its priorities, its activities, and its financial status. Opening statements by the chairman, Roger Jim, and the executive director, John Echohawk, note that despite…
Descriptors: Accountability, American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indian Reservations
Office of Human Development Services (DHHS), Washington, DC. – 1985
In fiscal year (FY) 1984 the Administration for Native Americans awarded 227 grants for social and economic development strategies (SEDS) which would help Native American communities move toward self-sufficiency. More than half the grants were primarily for economic development; approximately one-third were for improving tribal governments, and…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indians, Budgets, Business
Office of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1979
As tribes and individuals, Indians claim dual rights in American society. Granted full citizenship in 1924, Indians are entitled to all protections and benefits enjoyed by other citizens, including free public education for their children. As the original inhabitants of the United States, Indians also claim rights accruing to no other population…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Educational Needs
Arizona Commission of Indian Affairs, Phoenix. – 1979
The Arizona Commission of Indian Affairs is the "official link between the tribes and state government" and acts in a liaison capacity as well as providing technical assistance. Critical issues having an impact on the Commission's over-all program, addressed within the Commission's legislative scope and highlighted in this 1978-79 Annual…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Annual Reports
Merculieff, Ilarion – Winds of Change, 1996
An Aleut community leader from the Pribilof Islands (Alaska) reflects on what he learned from the economic crisis that threatened the viability of his community during the 1980s. He suggests that the spiritual healing of the individual is central to the healing of the whole community, elimination of conflict, and fulfillment of any vision for the…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, Community Change, Community Involvement, Community Leaders
Leonard, Gloria; And Others – Library Administration & Management, 1991
Four articles discuss library services to diverse user groups. Highlights include the Seattle Public Library's Human Diversity Training Program for library staff; cultural diversity at the University of Northern Colorado, including library collection development; information needs of physicists in special libraries; and library services to…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, American Indians, Cultural Differences, Higher Education
McCoy, Melody L. – 2000
The Native American Rights Fund is the national legal defense fund for American Indian and Alaska Native tribes. Its Indian Education Legal Support Project advances Native American education by emphasizing the legal rights of tribes to control the formal education of tribal members in all types of schools--federal, state, and tribal. This booklet…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indian Education, American Indian History, American Indians
