The collection of ten essays by Native Americans who are involved in Indian education includes a preface by Thomas Thompson; "The Indian Student Amid American Inconsistencies" by Vine Deloria, Jr.; "Growing Up in E'da How-One Idaho Girlhood" by LaNada Boyer; "Multicultural Teacher Education at Rough Rock" by Dillon Platero; "Interracial Politics: The Pressure to Integrate an Experimental School" by Jerome Buckanaga; "Why Do Indian Students Drop Out of College?" by Arthur McDonald; "Indian 'Head Start' Programs--the Child in the Process of Becoming" by Faye Reeves, Gretchen Peniska, and Jean Heemstra; "Native American Studies, the University, and the Indian Student" by Henrietta V. Whiteman; "An Ideal School System for American Indians--A Theoretical Construct" by Patricia Locke;"The Education of Indians and the Mandate of History" by Rosemary Ackley Christensen and William G. Demmeret; and "Teachers for Indian Children" by Roger Wilson. Appendices include "A Chronology of Pivotal Dates in Indian Education 1568-1975", capsule profiles of Indian education organizations, a list of American Indian community colleges, a list of treaties dealing with Indian education, and a select bibliography. The document is illustrated with a number of photographs. (SB)