Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development
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Surveys completed by teachers in federal schools from 1964 to 1968. Statistics for: entrance age, grade distribution by age and sex, handicapped children, promotion and non-promotion patterns, reasons for non-promotion, school attendance, fluency in language of instruction, and use of the basic oral English course.
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.
Research on characteristics of elected Native leaders in various organizations in southeast Alaska. Results are organized using the eight assumptions for success.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 10, no. 2, January 1971, pp. [4-7]
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Study in 1968/69 at Phoenix Indian High School by Arizona State University that looks at socially withdrawn female students and the significance of group counselling.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 25, no. 3, May 1986, pp. [40-44]
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Expresses the viewpoint that universities, in partnership with tribal groups, should take the lead in Arizona and all through America in improving elementary, secondary and university education for Native Americans.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 10, no. 3, May 1971, pp. [26-27]
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Brief comment about The Education of Indian Children and Youth, a report prepared by Robert J. Havighurst, Director, United States Office of Education.
"National publication for the Indians of Canada." Focus on Indigenous issues, events at residential schools and legal decisions. Previously published as Indian Missionary Record.
Articles reflect the attitudes and policies of the time.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 10, no. 3, May 1971, pp. [14-17]
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Discussion of lack of leaders in high school and establishment of a leadership program to develop skills and techniques including improving self-concept.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 25, no. 3, May 1986, pp. [1-11]
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Provides an historical overview of conflict between school and community and asserts that Native American involvement in curriculum is essential for successful reading programs.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 25, no. 3, May 1986, pp. [22-29]
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Study compared secondary students from rural Inuit villages to a sample of Euroamericans from an urban environment to determine whether cultural differences influence work values.
Animated short uses puppets to enact a story which illustrates the danger of listening to flattery. Accompanying material: Study Guide.
Duration: 5:59.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 6, no. 1, 1986, pp. 181-195
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Argues that Aboriginal control of education is essential to address problems and ensure successful integration with social and economic development goals and contends that Universities have a key role in encouraging Aboriginal students to participate in higher education.
Overview of two projects: A Resource Book for Teachers, intended to provide information about feelings and views of Metis people in society directed at an adult audience.
A Teacher's Handbook, a Curriculum Unit and Multi-Media Curriculum Kit directed at ages 10-12 years old to support positive attitudes towards Native peoples.
Contains related readings and research findings.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 25, no. 2, January 1986, pp. [1-7]
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Argues there is insufficient evidence to support the claim of right hemisphere dominance in Indigenous peoples and cautions against changing curricula until it can be proven.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 11, no. 1, October 1971, pp. [1-6]
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Teaching physical education to Navajo children was a means to bypass the shyness of children and to get them to repeat language patterns loudly and do spontaneous English sentences. Grades 1, 2, and 3.
Position paper discusses past treaties and treaty obligations and argues that the Federal government should renegotiate to redress past violations of Aboriginal rights.