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... teacher of Indian students , has a theory of his own . Some atribute the problem to a lock of motiva- tion , or the apathy of parents , or the irrelevance of the curriculum , or the inadequacies of the teachers , or the Indian child's ...
... teacher of Indian students , has a theory of his own . Some atribute the problem to a lock of motiva- tion , or the apathy of parents , or the irrelevance of the curriculum , or the inadequacies of the teachers , or the Indian child's ...
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... teachers , are not aware of what psycholo- gists and social scientists have concluded regarding Indian intelli- gence . Or , if they are aware of it , they have refused to accept it . Con- sequently , there comes into operation what ...
... teachers , are not aware of what psycholo- gists and social scientists have concluded regarding Indian intelli- gence . Or , if they are aware of it , they have refused to accept it . Con- sequently , there comes into operation what ...
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... teaching English to Alaskan na- tives , concluded that the pupils ' academic achievement depended to a large degree upon the educational philosophy of the teachers . Simi- larly , Gwilliam ( 230 ) studied the social acceptance of a ...
... teaching English to Alaskan na- tives , concluded that the pupils ' academic achievement depended to a large degree upon the educational philosophy of the teachers . Simi- larly , Gwilliam ( 230 ) studied the social acceptance of a ...
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... TEACHERS In the academic career of the Indian child the teacher plays a most important role . Not as important , perhaps , as parents and peers , but important nevertheless . It is surprising , therefore , that so little re- search has ...
... TEACHERS In the academic career of the Indian child the teacher plays a most important role . Not as important , perhaps , as parents and peers , but important nevertheless . It is surprising , therefore , that so little re- search has ...
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... teachers are rigid , but " many loopholes exist for hiring substandard teachers , " and the older teachers fail to meet the standards applied to those newly appointed . It is necessary to bear in mind that most Indian children nowadays ...
... teachers are rigid , but " many loopholes exist for hiring substandard teachers , " and the older teachers fail to meet the standards applied to those newly appointed . It is necessary to bear in mind that most Indian children nowadays ...
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Page 109 - European struggle for the continent in an age of foreign imperialism that unfolded largely in the second half of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century.
Page 617 - Whereas it is the policy of Congress, as rapidly as possible, to make the Indians within the territorial limits of the United States subject to the same laws and entitled to the* same privileges and responsibilities as are applicable to other citizens of the United States, to end their status as wards of the United States, and to grant them all of the rights and prerogatives pertaining to American citizenship...
Page 11 - States agrees that for every thirty children between said ages, who can be induced or compelled to attend school, a house shall be provided, and a teacher competent to teach the elementary branches of an English education shall be furnished, who will reside among said Indians and faithfully discharge his or her duties as a teacher.
Page 10 - ... and they therefore pledge themselves to compel their children, male and female, between the ages of six and sixteen years, to attend school; and it is hereby made the duty of the agent for said Indians to see that this stipulation is strictly...
Page 617 - Indian freed from Federal supervision should be abolished. It is further declared to be the sense of Congress that the Secretary of the Interior should examine all existing legislation dealing with such Indians, and treaties between the Government of the United States and each such tribe, and report to Congress at the earliest practicable date, but not later than January 1, 1954, his recommendations for such legislation as, in his judgment, may be necessary to accomplish the purposes of this resolution.
Page 33 - THIS book was written as a part of the Indian Education Research Project undertaken jointly by the Committee on Human Development of the University of Chicago and the United States Office of Indian Affairs.
Page 599 - Whereas the Indians within the territorial limits of the United States should assume their full responsibilities as American citizens: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the House of Representatives (The Senate concurring) , That it is declared to be the sense of Congress that, at the earliest possible time...
Page 617 - That it is declared to be the sense of Congress that, at the earliest possible time, all of the Indian tribes and the individual members thereof located within the States of California, Florida, New York, and Texas, and all of the following named Indian tribes and individual members thereof, should be freed from Federal supervision and control...
Page 390 - The Commissioner of Indian Affairs shall, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior and agreeable to such regulations as the President may prescribe, have the management of all Indian affairs and of all matters arising out of Indian relations.
Page 9 - Many children of our neighboring Indians have been brought up in the college of William and Mary. They have been taught to read and write, and have been carefully instructed in the principles of the Christian religion, till they came to be men. Yet after they returned home, instead of civilizing and converting the rest, they have immediately relapsed into infidelity and barbarism themselves.