Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 22, no. 2, January 1983, pp. [1-16]
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National Adult Indian Education Needs Survey conducted by the National Indian Management Service to determine levels of literacy and education for purposes of policy development.
Peabody Journal of Education, vol. 61, no. 1, The Transcultural Education of American Indian and Alaska Native Children: Teachers and Students ..., Autumn, 1983, pp. 109-112
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Discusses conference including topic of self-determination.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 24, no. 2, May 1985, pp. [7-15]
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Reviews the needs of handicapped children and describes the American Indian Special Education Teacher Training Program, funded by the Department of Education, at Pennsylvania State University.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 7, no. 4, 1983, pp. 51-68
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Explains why political power has eluded Native Americans and what chance they have in becoming a participating and policymaking force in mainstream American society.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 23, no. 1, October 1983, pp. [23-28]
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Claims that standardized test measurements of student performance do not adequately measure the quality of instruction and curricula of a school since other factors such as socio-economic status, school attendance and stability within a particular school have an impact on achievement.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 3, no. 1, 1983, pp. 95-116
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Although Church Missionary Society (CMS) policy stated their intention to promote Indigenous people in the church, historians question whether it was biased in its practises in late 1800s.
Youth & Society, vol. 17, no. 4, June 1986, pp. 381-395
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Discusses the impact on retention when students experience a clash between their cultural beliefs and the system in post-secondary institutions. Author conducted survey of 101 first-year students enrolled at University of Oklahoma in 1975 to test this theory.
Prairie Forum, vol. 10, no. 1, Spring, 1985, pp. 17-63
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Examines the Métis strategy during the Battle of Batoche, and the significance of the Northcote incident and the Gatling gun on the outcome of the battle.
Saskatchewan History, vol. 38, no. 3, Autumn, 1985, pp. 108-117
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Excerpts from the journal kept in the Sergeant Major’s office at the Battleford NWMP detachment in 1885. Entries selected from May 10 to May 24 and edited for publication.
Entire issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 108.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 25, no. 2, January 1986, pp. [18-23]
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Examines Chinle Agency's Summer Supplemental Special Education Program offered to teachers of Navajo tribes and surveys its effect on teacher attitudes toward the exceptional student.