ERIC Number: ED013123
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Publication Date: 1964
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EDUCATION OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN IN TODAY'S WORLD, AN INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH FOR TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS.
GREENBERG, GILDA M.; GREENBERG, NORMAN C.
A CONCISE, INTERDISCIPLINARY OVERVIEW OF AMERICAN INDIAN EDUCATION IS PRESENTED, INCLUDING AN HISTORICAL BACKGROUND, A PRESENTATION OF THEIR CULTURAL PRACTICES AND VALUE SYSTEMS, A BRIEF EXPLANATION OF SOUTHWESTERN INDIAN SPEECH SOUNDS, A DESCRIPTION OF THE EDUCATION OF INDIANS, AN EXAMPLE OF INDIAN EDUCATION AMONG THE NAVAJOS, AND A SELECTED LIST OF RESOURCE MATERIALS ON INDIANS AND INDIAN EDUCATION. THE AUTHORS STATE THAT A KNOWLEDGE OF INDIAN ENVIRONMENT, VALUES, AND CUSTOMS IS NEEDED TO PROVIDE EFFECTIVE INDIAN EDUCATION AND THAT AN EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR INDIAN ADULTS IS AN ABSOLUTE NECESSITY. THIS DOCUMENT IS AVAILABLE FROM WILLIAM C. BROWN BOOK COMPANY, 135 SOUTH LOCUST STREET, DUBUQUE, IOWA, 52003. (RB)
Descriptors: Acculturation, American Indians, Bibliographies, Bilingual Students, Communication (Thought Transfer), Cultural Differences, Cultural Enrichment, Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Education, Educationally Disadvantaged, English (Second Language), Equal Education, Ethnic Groups, Field Trips, Linguistics, Minority Groups, Parent School Relationship, Racial Characteristics, Racial Differences, Semantics, Social Values, Speech Skills
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