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St. Clair, Robert, Ed.; Leap, William, Ed. – 1982
The essays in this volume cover a range of sociopolitical aspects of Indian language planning (i.e., the politics of dialect, the role of the linguist, and the historical foundations of contemporary language problems), problems faced by the actual experiences of Indian language renewal efforts, and the relationship of Indian language renewal and…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indian Languages, American Indian Studies, American Indians
Burnaby, Barbara J.; Anthony, Robert J. – 1979
This study examined the psycholinguistic implications of using either of two different types of orthography--syllabic and roman--in Native language programs for Cree children with regard to readability, learnability, and the transfer of reading skills to and from reading in an official language (English or French). This study can also be applied…
Descriptors: Alphabets, American Indian Languages, Beginning Reading, Bilingual Education
Douaud, Patrick C. – 1982
The 75 Metis of Mission Metis, Alberta, exhibit three general types of linguistic behavior according to age. Traditional Metis, over 50, are trilingual in English, French, and Cree. Those aged 30-50 speak English and some Cree and understand but do not speak French. Those under 30 speak English. The Mission Metis English and Cree are not…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indian Languages, Canada Natives
Young, Malcolm B.; And Others – 1988
This report describes results of a study of academic performance by American Indian elementary school students with limited-English proficiency (LEP). The study was designed to complement the National Longitudinal Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Services for Language Minority Limited-English-Proficient Students, which was also conducted for the…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, American Indian Education, American Indian Languages, Aptitude Tests
Reimer, John; And Others – 1983
Second in a series, the monograph presents detailed evaluation data on the cultural instruction component of the Indian Education Act Part A program and assesses its impact and relevancy for staff, faculty, students, parents, and Indian community members. Of 74 sampled projects employing culturally related instruction, 96% used multitribal topics…
Descriptors: Administrators, American Indian Education, American Indian History, American Indian Languages
Philbrick, Roger B.; And Others – 1980
An Indian education needs assessment conducted in Wisconsin had two components, the first a survey of school district administrators (or their assistants) via a four-part questionnaire, and the second a survey of parents or guardians in 20 Indian communities via questionnaires orally administered by trained personnel. Out of a total of 438…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, American Indian Education, American Indian Languages, American Indians
Rudes, Blair A.; And Others – 1988
This report is part of a study of academic performance by American Indian elementary school students with limited-English proficiency (LEP). The study was designed to complement the National Longitudinal Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Services for Language Minority Limited-English-Proficient (LM-LEP) Students, which did not include Native…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, American Indian Education, American Indian Languages, Aptitude Tests
McQuiston, John M.; Brod, Rodney L. – 1981
A 4-year nationwide survey of educational services to adult American Indians and Alaska Natives was designed so the U.S. Department of Education Office of Indian Education could make decisions about services and funding levels, develop policy, and assess relationships between social conditions, education, and literacy. Home interviews with 4,000…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Access to Education, Adult Education
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