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Download full textJoint Economic Committee, Washington, DC. – 1988
This congressional hearing, held at the Santa Fe (New Mexico) Indian School, addressed issues relating to the quality of education for American Indians. A central issue was a proposal transferring management of Indian schools from the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) to tribes or local governments. Statements from federal and local authorities…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, American Indian Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid
White House Conference on Indian Education, Washington, DC. – 1992
This report summarizes the two-volume "Final Report of the White House Conference on Indian Education," mandated by 1987 amendments to the Indian Education Act. The conference explored the feasibility of establishing an independent Board of Indian Education and developed recommendations for making educational programs more relevant to…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indians, Conference Proceedings, Educational Objectives
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 1981
By request of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, the General Accounting Office (GAO) verified the number of full-time equivalent Indian students reported as attending 12 tribally controlled community colleges during the 1980-1981 academic year and obtained college officials' opinions on the benefits of the Tribally Controlled Community…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, American Indian Education, American Indians, College Students
Peer reviewedGeorge, Barbara D. – Journal of American Indian Education, 1979
The article examines the effects of the history of education on the Navajo, reviewing influences by a complex society and revealing relationships between the Navajo and the United States through the educational process. (Author/SB)
Descriptors: American History, American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, Community Control
Warner, Linda Sue – 1994
This paper discusses some of the ramifications of federal laws and associated court decisions that provide the legislative foundation for education of American Indians. The legislation reviewed includes the Johnson O'Malley Act, Impact Aid laws, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, the Indian Elementary and Secondary School Assistance Act,…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Categorical Aid
Cohen, Fay G., Ed.; Heuving, Jeanne, Ed. – 1979
Consisting of four scholarly papers which have been edited for easier reading, this book considers the issue of tribal sovereignty from before the white man's arrival on this continent to the present day. The focus of the first paper is primarily cultural; the next three papers deal with the sequence of events. Dr. Fay G. Cohen's paper describes…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Alaska Natives, American Indian Culture, American Indian Education
Benham, William J. – 1977
An examiniation of past and recent federal legislation affecting American Indians reveals the important role of Congress in developing policy for Indian affairs. The role of Congress inititally seemed directed toward providing a legal means of taking Indian land and other resources for the benefit of non-Indians. Subsequent policy has varied…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indians, Colonial History (United States), Federal Indian Relationship
Brown, Eddie F. – 1978
Designed for presentation in three two-hour class periods, this five-unit module presents both a conceptual framework for the study and analysis of Indian communities and a guide to instructors in schools of social work for presentation of this framework to students in a classroom setting. Primary focus is upon federally recognized tribal…
Descriptors: American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Community Characteristics, Curriculum Guides
Congress of the U.S. Washington, DC. American Indian Policy Review Commission. – 1977
The concepts of sovereignty and trust form the core of the American Indian Policy Review Commission's final report. The commission's responsibility, derived from PL 93-580, was to conduct a comprehensive review of historical/legal developments underlying the Indian/federal government relationship and to recommend necessary policy revisions. After…
Descriptors: American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Community Services, Consultants
National Congress of American Indians, Washington, DC. – 1978
During its convention year of 1977-78, the National Congress of American Indians held an annual convention in Dallas in September, 1977, an executive council meeting in Washington in January, 1978, a special conference on federal recognition and the impact of the Oliphant decision in Nashville, Tennessee in March, 1978, and a mid-year conference…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indian Education, American Indian Reservations, American Indians
California Univ., Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center. – 1979
Originally presented at an American Indian Studies Center conference in 1978, the papers in this volume comprise a review of the American Indian Policy Review Commission (AIPRC). The introduction makes the observation that many AIPRC problems might have been avoided if the federal government had funded an ad hoc Indian group whose task would have…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, American Indian Education, American Indians, Drug Abuse
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. – 1980
The Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs met July 1, 1980, to take testimony on Bill H.R. 6850 which proposed specific statutory authorization for the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA), transferred administrative control from the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) to the Indian Arts and Crafts Board (IACB), and reserved the BIA educational…
Descriptors: Academic Education, American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indians
O'Connor, John P.; Rosall, Judith – 1979
Nearly 1,500 Indian representatives from across the United States attended the 4-day conference, sponsored by the National Indian Health Board (NIHB), to discuss and learn more about significant issues regarding the delivery of health services to American Indians. Each day participants attended workshop sessions to discuss and debate issues…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, Alcoholism, American Indian Culture, American Indians
Congress of the U.S. Washington, DC. American Indian Policy Review Commission. – 1977
Summarizing the most comprehensive review of Indian policies and programs in the history of the United States, the final report of the American Indian Policy Review Commission (AIPRC) is a product of Indian effort and participation. Volume Two contains five appendices and an index. Appendix A includes information on: the legal mandate (Public Law…
Descriptors: Agency Role, American Indian Education, American Indian Reservations, American Indians
Cornell, Stephen, Ed.; Kalt, Joseph P., Ed. – 1993
This collection of research papers focuses on conditions that affect self-determined economic development on American Indian reservations. Topics include obstacles that Indian nations face as they pursue their development goals; development of economic development corporations; effective tribal judicial systems; a model for processing land-use…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Change Strategies
