Volume 9 1969 Contents
- Issue 1 October 1969
- CULTURE MATERIALS IN SCHOOLS' PROGRAMS
FOR INDIAN STUDENTS
Stephen L. Bayne [pp. 1-6]
Discusses why culture materials aren't the whole answer to the problems of the preservation of native cultures and values in Indian children in school. Also mentioned is the good being done by these programs. The author cites two reasons for the pessimism of Indian culture material in the curriculum: (1) the form of an education system as well as the content is a vehicle for perpetuating the values of the culture operating system, (2) myths, legends, arts and crafts, and language are only a small part of people's culture. According to the author, however incapable of inculcating the "best of both worlds," the materials "can" accomplish three very important goals. * - ADMINISTRATION OF A TOEEL TEST TO
SIOUX INDIAN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
Donald E. Bebeau [pp. 7-16]
Results of the Michigan Test Battery used to test the use of English as a foreign language, administered to Indian high school students on the Rosebud Sioux Reservation. The article includes the four reasons for administering the tests, and 10 conclusions (finding basically that the competence level of grade 12 students tested is more limited than that of the native English speaker). - SOME NEW APPROACHES IN MEETING THE
OCCUPATIONAL EDUCATION NEEDS OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN
Leon P. Minear [pp. 18-22]
A review of a BIA program developed to teach all members of an Indian family skills and help them gain knowledge which will enable them to attain jobs and to adjust to modern society. Discussed are such programs operating in Roswell, New Mexico, and Missoula, Montana. According to the author, the two programs are designed to meet the needs of a "hard-core minority" of Indian people. The author states that the majority of Indians, however, "would benefit greatly if some of these concepts were incorporated more fully" into the educational systems.
- Bulletin Board
- CULTURE MATERIALS IN SCHOOLS' PROGRAMS
FOR INDIAN STUDENTS
- Issue 2 January 1970
- A DECADE OF DEFINITION AND DEVELOPMENT
Gill, George A. (pp.1-2) - DORMITORY, TEACHER AIDES ARE BIG HELP
IN SOUTH DAKOTA
Jim Wilson [pp. 3-9]
Reports on the dormitory program and use of dormitory and teacher aides in Mission, South Dakota, on the Rosebud Sioux Reservation. According to the author, the BIA, the school district and the U.S. Office of Education are partners in an experiment with the dorms, school, faculty and parents involved. The author relates the experiment as "tremendously successful" in allowing aides to fulfill a two-fold purpose: (1) to help teachers with routine work, and (2) to serve as substitute parents. - A COMPARISON OF STUDENT ACTIVITY INVOLVEMENT
Robert L. Armstrong [pp. 10-15]
Results of a study in comparing participation in school activities of Indian and non-Indian students. The study was conducted with students from Phoenix Indian High School and three public schools in Phoenix. The author concludes that, (1) the Indian students were more interested in activities than public school students, (2) they preferred hobby-recreational activities, (3) they were individually involved in more activities than public school students, (4) they recognized a more "realistic" relationship between their own self-involvement and their perception of activity value, and (5) classroom success has little influence on Indian students' choice to become involved in activities. - INDIAN YOUTH'S ATTITUDES TOWARD NON-INDIAN
PATTERNS OF LIFE
Efraim Sheps [pp. 19-27]
Study done to determine Indian youth's attitudes toward non-Indian patterns of life. The study was conducted with students from Stewart Indian School, Stewart, Nevada; Sherman Institution, Riverside, California; and Phoenix Indian School, Phoenix, Arizona. The article includes a comparison of schools, tribes and sexes. According to the author, (1) Indians, regardless of origin, react similarly; and (2) Indian acceptance of non-Indian attitudes may indicate that the non-Indian values are universal enough to be accepted or that Indian students tend to accept the society they now live in. - BRUCE LISTS INDIAN YOUTH PROGRAMS
AS TOP PRIORITY
Clarence W. Bailey [p. 31]
This brief article gives steps taken by the BIA to help Indian youth become more involved in the problems of not only the reservations but also the nation, as mentioned by Louis R. Bruce, Commissioner of the Bureau of Indian Affairs during a tour of reservations in Arizona.
- A DECADE OF DEFINITION AND DEVELOPMENT
- Issue 3 May 1970
- THE INDIAN STUDENT IS "NOT"
LOW MAN ON THE TOTEM POLE
Madison Coombs [pp. 1-9]
Article compares some of the positive facts on Indians and education as the author sees it, to the negative statistics put out by the Senate Subcommittee on Indian Education. Included are discussions on educational gains, school enrollment, dropouts, national educational ranking and post high school education. According to the author, the Senate Subcommittee may have accomplished by indirection what it did not do directly--by painting such a black picture of ineptitude, rigidity and unconcern on the part of the BIA that the agency's "ability to function effectively was no longer credible in the minds of many people and it ceases to be viable." - A SUMMER READING PROGRAM WITH AMERICAN
INDIANS
Charles H. Hill [pp. 10-14]
An article discussing the six-week summer reading program conducted by the author and funded by the BIA for the Nez Perce Indian Reservation. According to the article, 15 boys and four girls, from grades four to eight, attended. The author concludes that the findings of significance between vocabulary and total reading scores indicates that a summer program may be worth continued consideration and evaluation. - PROGRESS OF SOUTHERN ALBERTA NATIVE
PEOPLES
John E. Frieson; Louise C. Lyon [pp. 15-23]
Article briefly discusses the study done on the Blackfoot, Blood, Peigan, Sarcee and Stony Indian bands of South Alberta and various non-Indian groups. Topics discussed include the continued existence of Indian culture patterns, concepts of self-government, ideas regarding education, and on Indian value-foci and value-conflicts. The author believes that, (1) appreciation needs to be developed for the concept of cultural pluralism, (2) no hasty action or policy ought to be formulated which could only create new problems if found to be inappropriate, (3) Indian education needs to alternate present trends of totally integrating children in schools when such policy interferes with particular aspirations of Indian people, and (4) that Indian culture incorporates unique value-orientations.
- THE INDIAN STUDENT IS "NOT"
LOW MAN ON THE TOTEM POLE
* Page numbers refer to location in the original published version of the article.
