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Svensson, Frances – 1973
The cornerstones of the Indian perspective on their relationship to American government and society lie in the fact that the Indians are the aboriginal owners of the New World and that their formal association with the U.S. is based on formal treaties. Indian tribes consider themselves as separate and sovereign nations. In early American history,…
Descriptors: American Indians, Attitudes, Cultural Pluralism, Culture Conflict

Josephson, M. I. (Joe) – Canadian Journal of Native Education, 1986
Argues that Canadian Indians should establish their own universities and exert complete control over them. Compares higher education in Saudi Arabia and Nigeria, using Saudi Arabia as an example of a country that managed to reap the benefits of Western educational expertise without sacrificing its own culture and values. (JHZ)
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indians, Canada Natives
Urbanski, Rebecca Ann – 2000
This dissertation addresses the factors influencing student college choice and their relationship to marketing processes in a northeastern Minnesota tribal college. The project involved a three-stage process of college choice--predisposition, search, and choice--and the related factors within each stage. From a review of the literature, a number…
Descriptors: American Indians, College Choice, Community Colleges, Enrollment Influences
Merculieff, Ilarion – Winds of Change, 1996
An Aleut community leader from the Pribilof Islands (Alaska) reflects on what he learned from the economic crisis that threatened the viability of his community during the 1980s. He suggests that the spiritual healing of the individual is central to the healing of the whole community, elimination of conflict, and fulfillment of any vision for the…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, Community Change, Community Involvement, Community Leaders

Cook-Lynn, Elizabeth – WICAZO SA Review, 1997
Native American Studies has failed to develop into an academic discipline because of the continued influence of postcolonial theories, attempts to discredit Native American scholars, politically determined research agendas, and the ideology of the "New Historicism." Native American Studies must seek autonomy from other opportunistic…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indian Studies, American Indians, College Faculty
Leonard, Gloria; And Others – Library Administration & Management, 1991
Four articles discuss library services to diverse user groups. Highlights include the Seattle Public Library's Human Diversity Training Program for library staff; cultural diversity at the University of Northern Colorado, including library collection development; information needs of physicists in special libraries; and library services to…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, American Indians, Cultural Differences, Higher Education
Ramirez-Shkwegnaabi, Benjamin – American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 2003
Throughout the nineteenth century Anishinaabeg leaders from the Great Lakes met in treaty councils with U.S. commissioners. Trained for years as astute listeners and eloquent speakers, these diplomats put their skills to the test as they negotiated with their non-Indian counterparts, whose primary responsibility was to serve the interests of the…
Descriptors: Treaties, International Relations, Federal Government, American Indian Studies
American Indian Disability Legislation Project: Findings of a National Survey of Tribal Governments.
Montana Univ. Affiliated Rural Inst., Missoula. – 1995
Few studies have reported whether disability laws and regulations such as the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) have been implemented among American Indian tribes or whether tribes even view these laws as potentially valuable or culturally relevant. The American Indian Disability Legislation Project aims to develop methods of adopting…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Alaska Natives, American Indian Education, American Indian Reservations
Kidwell, Clara Sue – 1999
The first Native American studies programs, created in the rising political consciousness of the late 1960s and early 1970s, arose from a rejection of traditional curricula and challenged stereotypes of Indians and their history. During the 1980s, Native studies programs became vehicles to recruit and retain American Indian students, reflecting…
Descriptors: Activism, American Indian History, American Indian Languages, American Indian Literature
Ross, Helen Warren; Stauss, Jay – 1990
A detailed ecological model is used to develop a framework for assessing the incidence of child abuse among American Indians. Macro, exo, and micro levels of analysis are extended by the inclusion of mediating and potentiating factors that may either contribute to or ameliorate maltreatment or abuse. Abuse and its consequences are considered in…
Descriptors: Adoption, Agency Role, American Indian Education, American Indians
Sherblom, Elizabeth; Scully, Diana, Ed. – 1990
Economic self-sufficiency is the key to reviving and maintaining a strong Indian culture; therefore, the goal of the Passamaquoddy Enterprise Zone Project was to develop an understanding of the types of business that do well in the area and those that do not do well. The study used interviews with business managers as well as case studies of 12…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Business Administration
Stein, Wayne J. – Wicazo Sa Review, 1986
Indian/Tribal Studies are the bedrock upon which 22 tribally controlled community colleges have been built since the mid-1950s. These colleges have put substantial resources, personnel, and time into building Indian/Tribal Studies programs into flagship academic, cultural, and language institutes. They exhibit common traits including tribal…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indian History, American Indian Studies
Philp, Kenneth R., Ed. – 1986
Keynote addresses and panel sessions at a conference examining Indian history in the 50 years since the passage of the Indian Reorganization Act (IRA) are collected in this volume. Part One discusses the Indian New Deal and federal Indian policy from 1933-1945. Part Two deals with 1945-1960 and the federal policy of terminating tribal status. Part…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian History, American Indians, Federal Indian Relationship
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs. – 1988
This hearing before the Select Committee on Indian Affairs (United States Senate) concerns a bill (S.1645) to: (1) reauthorize funding for Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) schools and dormitory facilities; (2) prevent termination or alteration of BIA-funded schools except by specific provision of law or as requested by tribal governing bodies; and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, American Indian Education, American Indian Reservations, Federal Aid
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs. – 1988
This hearing concerns a bill (S.1645) to: (1) reauthorize funding for Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) schools and dormitory facilities; (2) prevent termination or alteration of BIA-funded schools except by specific provision of law or as requested by tribal governing bodies; and (3) require full disclosure to the tribal governing body of any…
Descriptors: Access to Education, American Indian Education, American Indian Reservations, Federal Aid