TO THE AMERICAN INDIAN POLICY REVIEW
COMMISSION

THE FINAL REPORT-TASK FORCE 5-INDIAN EDUCATION

(Submitted by: Helen Maynor Scheirbeck, Chairwoman; Earl J. Barlow, Member; Lorraine Misiaszek, Member; Kathy McKee, Specialist; Kyle Joan Patterson, Intern)

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CONTENTS

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Section

I. Summary of Conclusions and Recommendations:

A. Introduction_.

B. Overview..

C. Conclusions and recommendations.

D. Additional recommendations; separate statement of

L. F. Misiaszek..

II. Historical Policies and Finances Affecting Indian Education (Pre-

Colonial to 1970):

A. Introduction_.

B. Federal Indian Policy--

Pre-Colonial and Colonial Period_.

Treaty Making Period..

Removal

Reservation Settlement.

Allotment Period.

Citizenship-State

Citizenship-Federal

C. Description of Types of Schools Educating Indian People...

Forerunners to the Federal Indian School Service__

Development of the Federal Indian School System___

D. An Historical View of Federal Appropriations for Indian

Education...

Federal Financing for Indian Education During the

Treaty Making Period---

Financing Indian Education Between 1870 and 1950.

E. The Federal Experience in Indian Education_.

Who Makes or Influences Indian Education?_

The Beatty-Thompson Transition.--

The Eisenhower-Emmons Era..

The Kennedy-Udall-Nash Years.

Marburger and Zellers----

The Great Society Programs..

Biculturalism versus Acculturation-An Adversary

Relationship

III. Overview of Federal Agencies in Indian Education:

A. Introduction..

B. United States Office of Education..

Historical Background..

Organization of USOE.

USOE: Role____.

Reliability of Available Data--

Factors Inhibiting the Impact of USOE Funding.

100

C. Bureau of Indian Affairs___

108

A. Navajo Education__.

175

B. Education Needs and Problems of Non-Federally Recog-

nized Indians___

197

B. Statistics on schools as reported by Rev. Jedidah Morse----

C. Statistics on Indian Schools as reported by the Office of In-

dian Affairs (1830)-

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310

D. Course of study for Indian schools (1890).

311

E. Correspondence of Commissioner of Indian Affairs regarding

the transfer of Indian students to public schools----

F. Regulations concerning enrollment and attendance of Indian

children in school----

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G. Chronological list of treaties made between Indian tribes

and the United States containing educational provisions__

H. Support of Schools: Tribal Funds_-_-

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I. Annual appropriations made for General Education Fund

(1871-1950)

317

J. Substantive provisions contained in Indian Appropriations

Acts which affect education_

321

K. Survey of recommendations from six national studies com-

pleted from 1928 to 1974_____

330

L. Authorizing federal statutes pertinent to Indian education,

Bureau of Indian Affairs___

332

M. Bureau of Indian Affairs, Obligations in Thousands, Fiscal

Year 1950 to Fiscal Year 1976.

Q. Moneys obligated to Indian Controlled Schools by BIA_

R. Money expended for selected BIA boarding schools, 1883 to
1946

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S. Enrollment of students attending off-reservation boarding

schools by tribe__.

342

T. Survey of State Boards of Regents___.

347

U. Public Law 93-638 Community College Survey-

351

V. Profiles fo Seventeen Indian Community Controlled Schools_

W. Tribal Council Survey..

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X. List fo Task Force Hearings.

379

Y. Letter from Lorraine F. Misiaszek to Senator James

Abourezk, dated December 20, 1976__

380

Z. Hearing Participation Information__

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