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Download full textMontana Office of Public Instruction, 2012
Schools and communities across Montana are working hard to ensure that students receive the best education and graduate ready for college and careers. One of the most important components in this effort involves understanding where students are and how schools and communities can best help them achieve at the highest levels. Data is an invaluable…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gap, American Indians, American Indian Students
Direct linkMack, Elizabeth; Augare, Helen; Cloud-Jones, Linda Different; David, Dominique; Gaddie, Helene Quiver; Honey, Rose E.; Kawagley, Angayuqaq O.; Plume-Weatherwax, Melissa Little; Fight, Lisa Lone; Meier, Gene; Pete, Tachini; Leaf, James Rattling; Returns From Scout, Elvin; Sachatello-Sawyer, Bonnie; Shibata, Hi'ilani; Valdez, Shelly; Wippert, Rachel – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2012
There are a growing number of informal science education (ISE) programs in Native communities that engage youth in science education and that are grounded in Native ways of knowing. There is also a growing body of research focusing on the relationship between culture, traditional knowledge, and science education. However, there is little research…
Descriptors: Expertise, American Indian Education, Science Education, Indigenous Populations
Borden, Victor M. H. – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2010
Each year in the Top 100 series, researchers highlight the institutions that confer the most degrees to students of color. In this edition, they focus on the most prevalent degree conferred: the bachelor's degree. Among the types of colleges and universities that they examine--those that have Title IV status (recognized by the U.S. Department of…
Descriptors: Minority Groups, Bachelors Degrees, Graduation Rate, College Graduates
White, Jeffry L.; Altschuld, James W.; Lee, Yi-Fang – Journal of Educational Research & Policy Studies, 2006
The college retention rates for underrepresented minorities (URM) in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) are lower than other groups. One reason may be that the studies often do not view premature departure from a cultural perspective. This exploratory investigation focused on developing an instrument that employed a cultural…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Minority Groups, Science Education, Engineering Education
New Mexico Higher Education Department, 2005
More than 300 tribal representatives and educators from across New Mexico met at Ohkay Owingeh on December 19, 2005, to discuss ways to improve education for American Indian students in New Mexico. The Summit was a collaborative effort by New Mexico's Office of Indian Affairs, Public Education Department, Higher Education Department, and tribal…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Peer reviewedHuffman, Terry – Journal of American Indian Education, 2003
A study compared college experiences of American Indian students raised on reservations and those raised elsewhere. A survey of 232 American Indian students attending a midwestern university found that reservation students reported more difficulties with academics and adjusting to college but also reported that being in college increased their…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indian Students, College Students, Culture Conflict
Fleury, Dominique – Human Resources Development Canada, 2002
Aboriginal people have already been identified as belonging to those groups of people who are most at risk of experiencing social exclusion in Canada. This document does not seek to compare Aboriginal people with the rest of the Canadian population but rather with the members of other high risk groups. Specifically, it examines, from a…
Descriptors: Canada Natives, Nonreservation American Indians, Economic Status, At Risk Persons
Penn, William S., Ed. – 1997
The narrative essays in this collection offer a vision of the race and identity of Native Americans, focusing on American Indians that have grown up in cities and towns. It is a unique collection in that it represents the ways that mixed blood people ("mixbloods") envision Indian race and heritage. It is also unique in that it extends the…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, Blacks, Essays, Ethnicity
Peer reviewedNeff, Ronald L.; Weinstein, Jay A. – Society, 1975
An account of the role and participation of the Mesquakie Indians of Iowa in a district primary election and their impact on the outcome as well as the consequences for their own internal organization and culture. (EH)
Descriptors: Acculturation, American Indian Culture, Citizen Participation, Community Role
Peer reviewedBittker, Thomas E. – Anthropological Quarterly, 1973
The off-reservation American Indian has been conspicuously ignored by contemporary health services delivery systems. As a constituent of neither federally nor locally administered programs many of his health needs have been ignored. This is particularly apparent in the management of alcoholism problems. (Author/FF)
Descriptors: Acculturation, Alcoholism, Antisocial Behavior, Federal Programs
Thomson, Colin A. – Interchange: A Journal of Educational Studies, 1978
A university program to educate teachers of Canadian Indians is described. Emphasis is placed upon maintaining awareness of their unique culture and control of the education process by Indian leaders. (JD)
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Access to Education, American Indian Culture, Canada Natives
American Indian Journal of the Institute for the Development of Indian Law, 1976
The preliminary conclusions and recommendations of each of the 11 AIPRC (American Indian Policy Review Commission) Task Forces are given. (NQ)
Descriptors: American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Federal Government, Government Role
Peer reviewedAdams, L. La Mar; And Others – College and University, 1977
This study analyzes the differences in academic achievement of American Indian students who had been in the Indian Placement Program compared with those who had not, as measured by grade point averages at Brigham Young University. Reservation students not on the program had lowest GPAs; the number of years in the program had a positive…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American Indians, Comparative Analysis, High Risk Students
Dumanoski, Diane – Civil Rights Digest, 1975
Notes that the American Indians actually have a chance of recovering their land from the present owner, for in addition to a moral claim it might have a solid legal claim to title as well. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, Court Litigation, Cultural Context, Ethnic Groups
Bahr, Howard M.; And Others – Indian Historian, 1972
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Housing Discrimination, Nonreservation American Indians, Racial Relations
