ports help them to see the Indian education programs, and their shortcomings, as we saw them. I would like to take this opportunity to express the appreciation of the subcommittee to Mr. Stephen A. Langone, of the Government and General Research Division of the Legislative Reference Service, for his hard work and constructive analysis in assembling this material. EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Chairman, Special Subcommittee on Indian Education. CONTENTS Page I. Introduction... II. An overview of subcommittee field studies. A. Education of the Navajos: 1. Introduction_. 2. Statistics concerning Navajo education_ 4. The academic success of Navajo students.. 5. Navajo boarding schools: a. numbers, issues, and explanations. b. the psychological effects of boarding schools__ 25 35 41 B. Providing an equal educational opportunity for the Alaskan 8. The relationship between poverty and education___ a. preliminary report to the Senate Subcommittee b. why Caribou Eskimo families live as they do.. 95 96 97 99 100 101 103 108 108 115 1. Explanatory note. 117 2. Itinerary and objectives of subcommittee visits to Fort g. Far West Regional Laboratory---. 183 8. California-Appendix: a. public domain allotments; homesteads and 183 b. State advisory commission on Indian affairs- c. Indian enrollment in California school dis- d. American Indian students and school per- 184 186 187 III. Subcommittee field studies-Continued e. recommendations of the State advisory com- f. recommendations of the Conference on the Page 187 188 4. Mental health, Indian involvement, and State re |