Discusses the use of technology in Native American schools and the resulting possible assimilation of young native people into the nonnative culture. Highlights include keeping traditional values alive; the relationship between education and traditional native culture; and examples of three reservation schools that are successfully integrating…

Addresses the importance of developing a "sustainable science" and the role that Indian science or "indigenous science" has in this development. Unlike Western science, Indian science acknowledges the important spiritual and emotional aspects of science. Discusses educational trends that stress the holism of knowledge and…

Cornell University's American Indian Program is a multidisciplinary intercollege program that includes 18 courses, a residence hall, publications, research, and student activities and support services. Cornell's full-circle approach helps Indian students to remain culturally intact while receiving a university education and to return to their…

The Menominee Gaming and Hospitality Institute (College of the Menominee Nation, WI) assists Indian people in mastering skills needed to operate their own gaming enterprises and to manage hotels or resorts. In addition to certificate and degree coursework, the institute is developing a computerized industry database and a product development…

Ph.D. program at California Institute of Integral Studies trains Native Americans and other indigenous peoples to deepen their traditional knowledge and strengthen its environmental impact. A parallel program helps Euro-Americans discover their own indigenous values. Both programs focus on integrating Earth-based knowledge with Western science.…

Daughters of Tradition is a facilitated educational program that addresses current issues such as alcohol and drug abuse, domestic violence, and the empowerment of young American Indian women, in a way that blends the spiritual, emotional, mental, physical, and cultural parts of living into a seamless whole. Mind mapping and journal keeping affirm…

A historic session on Native science at the 2003 conference of the American Association for the Advancement of Science included discussions about the Indigenous approach to science, the Tribal Environmental and Natural Resources Management program at Northwest Indian College, the need to connect the spiritual element in Indigenous knowledge with…

Ernest L. Boyer of the Carnegie Foundation discusses his book "The Basic School" and its connections to American Indian education. Boyer's vision of education stresses the importance of the school community, the sacredness of language, development of a relevant curriculum, and character development. Tiopsa Zina Tribal School (South…

Zuni students from Twin Buttes High School (Zuni, New Mexico) made a presentation at the annual meeting of the Society of Applied Anthropology addressing the age-old conflict between Indians and anthropology. The presentation, entitled "Zuni Students Look at Frank Hamilton Cushing," examined the career of a famous ethnologist who spent…