A supplement to social studies texts, this guide includes eight activity units and reviews of 1-6 grade social studies textbooks published by American Book Social Studies, McGraw-Hill, Silver Burdett, Ginn, Macmillan Social Studies, Laidlaw Brothers, and Follett. The reviews, listed by publisher and book title, discuss Indian-subject content,…

To assist state policy makers, six papers and five brief reactions discuss the elementary and secondary educational needs and expectations of six minority groups: blacks, Mexican Americans, Cubans, Puerto Ricans, American Indians and Native Alaskans, and Asians and Pacific Islanders. An introductory summary notes that the educational needs usually…

Presenting a brief outline of the Bureau of Indian Affairs' (BIA) educational program in Alaska, this pamphlet describes: BIA day school operations (52 schools); the 2 boarding school operations (Mount Edgecumbe and Wrangell Institute); higher education programs; the school nutrition program; school construction; cooperation in educational…

In an attempt to draw valid conclusions concerning the ways in which American Indian/Alaskan Natives who took the General Educational Development (GED) Tests differed from the non-Indian examinee population, questionnaire responses of 319 candidates who identified themselves as American Indians/Alaskan Natives were compared with those of 11,583…

This Task Force Report generates 5 general themes for improving the state foster care system (all geared to improving the functioning of the natural family and using foster care as a temporary tool to facilitate that process) and makes specific recommendations which deal with these themes. The 5 themes are: (1) during crisis situations, a child…

Focusing on examination of the current status of small high schools, identification of the elements of successful programs, and formulation of a general program design, the report of the first year of the Small High Schools Project for Rural Alaska presents over 100 recommendations to help small high schools develop into effective institutions.…

Background information, legends, games, illustrations, and art projects are provided in this booklet introducing elementary students to the history and culture of Indian tribes of the North Pacific Coast and Pacific Northwest. One in a series of Native American instructional materials, the booklet provides an overview of the coastal culture area,…

To guide Indian reservation program planners, the handbook highlights three exemplary community-based data collection efforts undertaken by Native American Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) grantees to improve their planning and program development activities. Exemplary data collection activities reported include the Spokane…

Nearly 1,500 Indian representatives from across the United States attended the 4-day conference, sponsored by the National Indian Health Board (NIHB), to discuss and learn more about significant issues regarding the delivery of health services to American Indians. Each day participants attended workshop sessions to discuss and debate issues…

These meetings of the American Indian Policy Review Commission were concerned with the markup of various sections of the final report, some sections having to do with Indian law, Indian history, Indian education, Alaska Natives, and funding of Indian programs. On February 25, there was a discussion of education recommendations including one on the…

American Indian professionals and community representatives, Indian Health Service (IHS) officials, professors of medicine and public health, and other advocates of improved Indian health services attended a 2-day roundtable conference to: explore the relationship of Federal Policy and Indian health needs, and relate these to issues affecting the…

The pamphlet is a resource list of bibliographies and sources of print and nonprint materials designed to help library media centers and teachers select curriculum materials about ethnic groups. Racial and ethnic groups which the materials emphasize include Jews, blacks, Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, Italians, Japanese, Vietnamese, American…

In a survey of 304 teachers selected randomly from Alaska's rural schools, significantly fewer teachers in Native communities thought students would attend or graduate from college or could achieve at or above national norms. Many Native leaders view these attitudes as evidence that prejudiced attitudes create school failure among Native children.…

This survey on the health status of Native American adolescents living on or near reservations was completed by 14,000 American Indian and Alaska Native youths from 50 tribes attending 200 schools in 12 states. Results indicate that most Native teenagers felt their family cared about them a great deal, and many would go to a family member first…

Executive Order 13096 gave the U.S. Department of Education the responsibility for developing a research agenda for American Indian and Alaska Native education. The Department established a working group composed of various government agencies and American Indian groups, committees, and associations, that solicited ideas and comments from Native…