Those who have been involved in the formal education of Indians have assumed that the
main purpose of the school is assimilation. The Indian would be better off, it was believed, if …

A RESEARCH PROJECT LOCATED AT PINE RIDGE RESERVATION, SOUTH DAKOTA,
INVESTIGATED CULTURAL DISHARMONY, LACK OF MOTIVE AND APPEALING …

PO Box 1348 Charleston, WV 25325-1348 his Digest briefly reviews the educational effects
of assimilationist schooling and later efforts to create schools supportive of American Indian …

The educational edifice constructed largely by non-Indians to educate American Indians is
described, and the responses of American Indians to that structure are explored. Indian …

With research and quantitative information providing hard data, descriptive anecdotal
information in the field reports provides us with distinguishing essence of each particular …

This is the report of a research, covering two seasons in the field, initiated by WJ Cooper,
former Commissioner of Education, and supported by a grant from the Carnegie …

A major study of the education of the American Indians, an area where virtually no research
on a nationwide basis has been done since the late 1920's, is presented in this book. It …

Abstract My name is Eber Hampton Jr. I was born in Talihina, Oklahoma and am a member
of the Chickasaw nation as was my father Eber Hampton Sr. My mother Evelyn is white; her …

Abstract The book examines St. Mary's, a Roman Catholic boarding school in Southwestern
Alaska, which had been unusually successful in educating native adolescents, to see why …

For the Yupiaq people, culture, knowing and living are intricately interrelated. Living in a
harsh environment requires a vast array of precise empirical knowledge to survive the many …