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50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Deyhle, Donna; McCarty, Teresa L. – Anthropology & Education Quarterly, 2007
Over a 50-year professional career, Dr. Beatrice Medicine never failed to assert the importance of Indigenous language rights or to challenge racism in the academy, public schools, and society. She urged educational anthropologists to confront racism in our research with Indigenous peoples. She challenged linguicism and urged the teaching of…
Descriptors: Language Research, Educational Anthropology, Indigenous Populations, Indigenous Knowledge
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Deyhle, Donna; Margonis, Frank – Anthropology & Education Quarterly, 1995
Studies Navajo women's family orientation in reservation society and its conflict with contemporary educational practice and the work world, especially in the city. The focus on individualistic lifestyle and adoption of middle-class values accounts for the inability of schools to meet Navajo women's needs. (MMU)
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, Culturally Relevant Education, Daughters
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Deyhle, Donna – Anthropology and Education Quarterly, 1986
Analyzes the importance of break dancing to a subgroup of Ute and Navajo students at a southwestern high school. Describes the break dancers' interactions with other students, their communities, and their school. Break dancing facilitates intragroup communication, creates a unique group identity, and allows the students a kind of success in…
Descriptors: American Indians, Educational Environment, Group Unity, High Schools