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Utter, Jack – 1993
This book aims to fill part of the gap that exists between commonly held misconceptions and the realities of American Indian history and modern life. Part I discusses the "doctrine of discovery," a European legal theory invented to justify the acquisition of Indian lands, and explains why the issue of discovery has had so great an impact…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indian History
Download full textKickingbird, Kirke; Charleston, G. Mike – 1991
This paper traces the development of the government-to-government relationship between the United States and Native peoples and examines the implications of that relationship for Native American education. In 1532, Francisco de Vitoria refuted the Doctrine of Discovery and laid out four principles to guide Spanish governmental relations with…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indian Education, American Indian History, Court Litigation
McCoy, Melody L. – 2000
The Native American Rights Fund is the national legal defense fund for American Indian and Alaska Native tribes. Its Indian Education Legal Support Project advances Native American education by emphasizing the legal rights of tribes to control the formal education of tribal members in all types of schools--federal, state, and tribal. This booklet…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indian Education, American Indian History, American Indians
Batzle, Peter; Olivero, Melanie – American Indian Journal, 1980
Federal awareness that Indians existed as self-governing, political entities gave rise to congressional action during the 1970s that produced significant Indian rights legislation. Article discusses the Congressional Indian legislation enacted during the past decade. (DS)
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indian Education, American Indians, Child Welfare
Hirschfelder, Arlene; Molin, Paulette Fairbanks; Oneita, Kathryn; Wakim, Yvonne B. – 1997
This study guide accompanies a poster series and documentary video about 12 American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian "women of hope." The women vary by age, education, profession, and geographic locale, but they share an unwavering commitment and dedication to their people's struggle to survive and flourish as distinct…
Descriptors: Activism, Alaska Natives, American Indian Culture, American Indian Education
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
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs. – 1978
These meetings of the American Indian Policy Review Commission were concerned with the markup of various sections of the final report, some sections having to do with Indian law, Indian history, Indian education, Alaska Natives, and funding of Indian programs. On February 25, there was a discussion of education recommendations including one on the…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Alaska Natives, American Indian Education, American Indians
