Descriptor
Source
Author
| Brown, M. Mae | 1 |
| Hill, L. Brooks | 1 |
| Isaac, Paul D. | 1 |
| Kennan, William R. | 1 |
| Lockart, Barbetta L. | 1 |
| Matthews, Catherine E. | 1 |
| Medearis, Linda | 1 |
| Sears, Nedra C. | 1 |
| Smith, Walter S. | 1 |
| Thiel, Mark G. | 1 |
Publication Type
| Speeches/Meeting Papers | 7 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 2 |
| Historical Materials | 1 |
| Information Analyses | 1 |
| Opinion Papers | 1 |
| Reports - Evaluative | 1 |
| Reports - Research | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
| Researchers | 1 |
Location
| Mississippi | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Thiel, Mark G. – 1983
Although altered by government and religious sanctions since the establishment of reservations in 1878, the Omaha dance still serves as an obtrusive demonstration of tribal identity and cohesion for the Oglala and Sicangu Sioux. The dance achieved a high level of prominence as a successful celebration for petitioning supernatural protection in…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian History, American Indian Reservations, American Indians
Download full textMatthews, Catherine E.; Smith, Walter S. – 1991
The purpose of this study was to investigate the hypothesis that if selected instruction materials were more culturally-relevant, Native American students should be more motivated and better able to make connections between school learning and their own lives. This increased motivation and improved connections between school learning and their own…
Descriptors: American Indians, Cultural Activities, Elementary School Science, Instructional Materials
Kennan, William R.; Hill, L. Brooks – 1978
Recent research into the "forty-nine" songs and singing of the Kiowa Indians in southwestern Oklahoma is described in this paper. The paper first outlines the value of a process oriented approach to communication analysis that accents three primary variables: indexicality (the inherent situational nature of communicative acts),…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indians, Communication Research, Cross Cultural Studies
Isaac, Paul D. – 1986
Beginning a program to recruit minorities (American Indians, Blacks, and Hispanics) to graduate school is discussed, along with retention strategies. Reasons to recruit minorities to graduate school, and specifically to the field of psychology, are identified, including: not all qualified minority students will apply to graduate school; nonwhites…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, American Indians, Black Students, College Admission
Lockart, Barbetta L. – 1980
Because the circumstances and problems of the urban American Indian are unique and are not being met by public education and service agencies, urban Indians across the nation have joined together within their communities and taken steps to help address their special social, educational, cultural, economic, and political needs. The establishment of…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adult Learning, American Indian Education, American Indians
Sears, Nedra C.; Medearis, Linda – 1992
The Natural Math project was undertaken to encourage parents of Native American and Black preschool and kindergarten children to engage in math activities and games at home. Natural Math also attempted to integrate Seminole culture into math materials. The project originally included only Seminole preschool and kindergarten children. Later, Boley…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indians
Brown, M. Mae; And Others – 1993
The OSAP High Risk Youth Demonstration Program of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians is directed toward the prevention of substance abuse through experiences offered in an after-school program. This is the second year that the program has been implemented in the six elementary schools and one middle school of the Mississippi Choctaw…
Descriptors: After School Programs, American Indians, Cultural Activities, Data Collection
