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Kehoe, Alice B. – 1982
Among Indian groups of the Northwestern Plains (Blackfoot, Plains Cree, Dakota, Plains Ojibwa), older persons are respected for the spiritual power they have obtained. Differences exist between the several ethnic groups, but in general they assume that attainment of maturity and then old age proves spiritual power and makes the elder a proper…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indians, Biographies
Wilkins, Wynona H.; Boswau, Herbert H. – 1982
Curricula for interdisciplinary courses that enable second language classes to employ the arts are proposed. At the University of North Dakota, mini-courses provide one-semester credit and are given for 2 hours 1 day a week over a period of 8 weeks. Some of the courses are cross-listed with other departments. Two of these courses, Joan of Arc and…
Descriptors: Biographies, College Credits, College Curriculum, Cultural Background
Weibel-Orlando, Joan C. – 1982
"Going home again," a financially secure return to the homeland in old age, is easily accomplished by, and constitutes an economically efficient strategy for, urban American Indian elders if they have maintained their ethnic identity. Emphasis on ethnicity varies with life stage: full immersion in early life, eclipsed ethnicity in middle…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Alcoholism, American Indians, Biographies
