ERIC Number: EJ549612
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1997
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Return of the Native.
Ponessa, Jeanne
Education Week, v16 n37 p39-43 Jun 11 1997
The Navajo Nation Ford Teacher Education Program was implemented in 1991 to increase the number of Navajo teachers in reservation schools. Under the program, participants study part-time at participating colleges and receive tuition assistance as well as a $250 stipend per term. Since 1991, the program has graduated 199 students. (LP)
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indian Reservations, Colleges, Cultural Maintenance, Educational Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Indigenous Personnel, Navajo, Navajo (Nation), Teacher Education, Teacher Education Programs, Tribally Controlled Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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