Selected conference proceedings (keynote addresses and workshop presentations) are compiled in this report of the first National Indian Child Conference, held in Phoenix, November 13-16, 1978, and attended by 1,800 people representing over 100 tribes in the United States and Canada. The text of eight addresses are included; they cover a wide range of general issues in child welfare as well as specific programs designed to help children, e.g., International Year of the Child, Project Head Start, Title XX. Abbot Sekaquaptewa discusses the changing role of the Indian family and the importance of traditional Indian values in child rearing; Karl Menninger advocates Indian control of education; Rick Lavis reviews and critiques federal legislation and the role of the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Indian and Alaskan Native education. The workshop presentations summarized deal with the needs of Indian children in relation to health, nutrition, education, and family life and describe a number of model programs for Indian children with special needs. The appendices show the number of conference attendees by reservation and tribe and provide a directory of conference presenters. (JH)