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Download full textWAX, ROSALIE H. – 1967
THE AMERICAN INDIAN SUBCULTURE, AS REPRESENTED IN THIS STUDY BY THE SIOUX OF THE PINE RIDGE RESERVATION IN SOUTH DAKOTA, EXPERIENCES PROBLEMS WITH ITS YOUTHS' BECOMING HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS. MANY OF THE REASONS FOR THIS PROBLEM PARALLEL THE PROBLEMS OF OTHER AMERICAN MINORITIES, NAMELY, (1) DISSIMILARITY BETWEEN THE VALUES OF THE MINORITY…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), American Indians, Cultural Differences, Cultural Isolation
Peer reviewedSteinhauer, Noella – Canadian Social Studies, 1998
Discusses the feelings of displacement and alienation suffered by members of aboriginal groups who must leave their communities to attend institutions of higher education. Notes specific problems encountered by these individuals and suggests some solutions that can ameliorate the lack of cultural support in urban areas. (DSK)
Descriptors: Alienation, American Indians, Canada Natives, Canadian Studies
Junqueira, Carmen – 1973
Xingu National Park was officially set up in 1961 on the initiative of the Villas Boas brothers, whose intention was to afford shelter from economic expansion and its consequences in the form of disease and poverty to a certain number of still isolated tribes, and to give them the opportunity of being integrated gradually into the dominant…
Descriptors: Acculturation, American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Change Agents
England, David – Community, Technical, and Junior College Journal, 1986
Describes joint federal/state/city/institutional efforts supporting the attendance of 20 Kickapoo Indians at Southwest Texas Junior College's Eagle Pass Adult Basic Education Center, highlighting project objectives, instructional approaches, and financial aid. Traces the Kickapoo's historically uneasy relationship with the U.S. government and the…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adult Basic Education, American Indian Culture, American Indian Education
Swenson, Janet P. – 1977
To focus on the developmental uniquenesses of the American Indian child and its implications for supportive care, custody, placement and adoption was one of the major goals of this conference. Attendees addressed the growing concern among Indian communities over the loss of their children and the lack of child welfare services which would preserve…
Descriptors: Adopted Children, Adoption, American Indians, Attitude Change
Halverson, Lowell K.; Garrow, Tom – 1974
Approximately 40 percent of America's Indians live in urban environments; of these, about 12,000 live in Seattle, Washington. With no representation in local government, and lacking the power and cultural sophistication to make the political process work for them, many Indian emigres have developed an almost institutionalized distrust of and…
Descriptors: Acculturation, American Indians, Bureaucracy, Court Litigation
Zinsser, Judith P. – 1988
Indigenous peoples number over 200 million and constitute four percent of the world's population. They live in every part of the world and share a tragic common history: invasion of their lands and alteration of their environment, abrogation of treaties, continuing violence against their peoples, discrimination and abuse, poor health care and…
Descriptors: American Indians, Anthropology, Area Studies, Canada Natives
Klinekole, Ruth V. – BIA Education Research Bulletin, 1979
Indian students who have withdrawn from public schools for various reasons may receive alternative education at Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Boarding Schools, but they may also face academic, environmental, and personal problems. Attending a boarding school involves a radical culture break. Students are often far from home, deprived of parental…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American Indian Education, American Indians, Anxiety
Jore, Carlotta P.; And Others – 1975
The Mountain-Plains Task Force on Indian families was established due to the low success rate of Indian enrollees in completing the Mountain-Plains program, a model educational program for the rural disadvantaged population. As a consequence, the task force was proposed to identify program failure factors and to suggest ways of retaining Indian…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Alcoholism, American Indian Culture, American Indians
King, Karen – 1992
The goal of this practicum was to design an effective program orientation session for teachers and parents that would enhance parent involvement in an American Indian Head Start preschool program. Objectives were that: (1) a total of 90% of families and 100% of staff would attend a program orientation session; (2) a parent involvement activity…
Descriptors: American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Child Caregivers, Cultural Awareness
Rios-Bustamante, Antonio; Castillo, Pedro – 1986
This monograph provides a scholarly and comprehensive record of the history of Mexican Los Angeles, founded as a Spanish pueblo in 1781. Two centuries of history are covered from both a social and cultural perspective and are highlighted with more than 150 illustrations, photographs, and maps. Chapters focus on the city's Native American…
Descriptors: American Indians, Cultural Background, Cultural Exchange, Cultural Interrelationships
Chavers, Dean – 1978
Isolation, the legal status of Indian tribes, and structural barriers impede full participation in the educational process by Native American Indians and thus create a time lag between the adoption of the best educational practices in schools serving Indian students and the adoption of those practices in other schools. While physical isolation is…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, American Indian Education, American Indians, Cultural Isolation
US Commission on Civil Rights, 2006
On July 28, 2006, a panel of experts briefed members of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights on the putative benefits of racial and ethnic diversity in elementary and secondary education. Four experts presented written statements to the Commissioners that assessed the social science literature on this issue. They also addressed whether or not…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Civil Rights, School Desegregation, Secondary Education
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