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"Te Tiriti" (The Treaty).
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Hailstone, Max – Visible Language, 1993
Explores the founding document of present-day New Zealand, the "Treaty of Waitangi," in terms of the Maori chiefs' signatures and their significance in European and tribal custom. Notes that most of the signatures on the original treaty were approximately 5mm high and were subsumed by the attempted European spellings of the names of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Handwriting, Higher Education, Treaties
States and Tribes: Building New Traditions. A Broad Examination of the Condition of State-Tribal Relations and Opportunities for Mutually Beneficial Cooperation as the 21st Century Approaches, from a State Legislative Policy Perspective.
Reed, James B., Ed.; Zelio, Judy A., Ed. – 1995
This report summarizes efforts of the Task Force on State-Tribal Relations of the National Conference of State Legislatures to bring together state legislators, Native American leaders, and other parties interested in seeking new approaches to state-tribal relations. The report incorporates the results of a national survey of state-tribal…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Child Welfare
Contemporary Indian Issues: A One-Quarter Course Bibliography.
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Jose, Cecil T. – Wicazo Sa Review, 1986
Compiled for a course in Contemporary Indian Issues, this bibliography contains brief descriptions of lecture topics for each week of the 11-week course followed by bibliographic references that supplement the course texts. Many of the 106 entries are for books; but journals, government reports, and publications of Indian organizations are also…
Descriptors: American Indian History, American Indian Studies, American Indians, Course Content
Toward True Native Education: A Treaty of 1992. Final Report of the Indian Nations At Risk Task Force, Draft 3.
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Charleston, G. Mike – Journal of American Indian Education, 1994
Unpublished unexpurgated draft of final report of the Indian Nations At-Risk Task Force. Calls for a new Treaty of 1992 to end the secret war of assimilation waged against Native peoples through public schools and other means. Describes the miserable results of widespread "pseudo" Native education, and outlines elements of true Native…
Descriptors: Adult Education, American Indian Education, Change Strategies, Early Childhood Education
A Conceptual Framework for the Study and Analysis of Indian Communities. Second in a Series of Monographs for Social Work Practice with American Indians.
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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
Promises of the Past: A History of Indian Education in the United States.
DeJong, David H. – 1993
This book presents a historical overview of American Indian education and includes excerpts of government documents, court decisions, letters from commissioners of Indian affairs, and personal accounts. The book depicts the continuous efforts of White society to educate and assimilate Native Americans into the Euro-American culture. Chapters 1 and…
Descriptors: Acculturation, American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indian History