The purpose of this study was the examination of the Albuquerque Model Cities Library Materials and Cultural Centers and of their impact upon the community they serve. This was not a traditional cost/benefit study although it contains many of the aspects of such an analysis. The area served by the Centers is an area of relatively poor persons of…

Historically, it is believed that the American Indians have problems with alcohol which are disproportionate when compared with persons from other cultures. One of the purposes of this study was to attempt to identify individual and cultural differences in the use of alcohol which might exist between urban Indian, White, and Negro subcultures in…

THREE SIGNIFICANT PHASES OF INDIAN UNITY ARE DISCUSSED. THE BASIC FAMILY AND TRIBAL UNITY WHICH HAS ALWAYS EXISTED AMONG INDIANS IS NOW EXTENDING INTO INTRA-TRIBAL OR INDIAN UNITY. CLOSELY LINKED TO THIS CHANGE, BUT NOT EASILY DISCERNIBLE, IS THE GROWING ANGLO-INDIAN UNITY. THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS TO THIS RULE, BUT THE UNDERLYING FEATURE OF THE…

Data submitted by administrators of individual schools and school districts and by county school superintendents in Arizona are presented in this survey. The target population of this 1971-72 study included public school pupils in kindergarten through grade 12, certified employees, and noncertified employees. The 6 racial and ethnic categories…

Data submitted by administrators of individual schools and school districts and by county school superintendents in Arizona are presented in this survey. The target population of this 1970-71 study included public school pupils in kindergarten through grade 12, certified employees, and noncertified employees. The 6 racial and ethnic categories…

Determining whether statistically significant differences occur in the measured achievement of a group of 608 white pupils, 127 Lumbee Indian pupils, and 680 black pupils--from a newly racially integrated North Carolina school system--this study analyzed academic performance with respect to each student ethnic group, each teacher ethnic group, and…

Investigated item bias on six subtests of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised for four sociocultural groups (N=950), Anglo, Black, Chicano, and Native American Papago (NAP). Results of statistical indexes indicated no or negligible bias against Blacks and Chicanos. Found evidence suggesting bias in some verbal scales with NAPs.…

The possibilities of using film to influence the positive self-image of the American Indian child and of gaining new insights into the applicability of film materials developed for one ethnic group to children of other ethnic groups were explored. Data were collected on 104 6th grade students from 3 schools on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in…

Attempting to find empirical evidence to support an hypothesis on the social stratification system in Robeson County, North Carolina, the study theorized that there exists a caste system in which the Lumbee Indians have a status between the dominant whites and subordinate Negro groups. The Lumbees and their relationship to these other groups were…

The report is on the socioeconomic condition of rural people within a selected area in the United States. The information was provided by 1,413 sample households in the rural areas of 125 counties in the Ozarks region of Arkansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma. The study included Whites, Indians, and Negroes within the region. Based on household size and…

Young children prefer to match in terms of color rather than form, and between the ages of 4 and 7 years they shift to a preference for form. A current explanation posits that the shift is an adaptive response by the young child to classroom stimuli, which stresses attention to form. In order to test this hypothesis, 120 children (5- and…

The study surveyed the magnitude of the adjustment process for a sample of Anglo, Mexican American, Black, and American Indian families that had recently shifted their residences from farms to small towns in the western, irrigated sections of Pinal County, Arizona. Data were obtained from 374 (78 Anglo, 102 Black, 98 Mexican American, and 96…

The bibliography cites 169 books and articles, published between 1928 and 1967, on the problems of southwestern minority groups. A selected list of 69 professional books for teachers and adult students from different cultural backgrounds is included. Both lists are author-indexed. In addition, a motion picture series, a newspaper, and 6 resource…