Quality Education for American Indians: A Report on Organizational Location, Volumes 11-12U.S. Government Printing Office, 1967 - 11 pages |
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Page 4 - Affairs schools have obtained about $5.4 million for fiscal year 1967. Most US Office of Education programs involve grants to State and local educational agencies. It is assumed that large numbers of Indian children in public schools have benefited from services provided through Federal programs such as titles I, II, and III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. The US Office of Education has recently undertaken a thorough examination of its resources to identify and to help solve the special...
Page 11 - N. Mex. Parmeter, Adrian T., Bureau of Research, US Office of Education, Washington, DC Rock, Howard, editor, Tundra Times, box 1287, Fairbanks, Alaska. Roessel, Bob, Rough Rock Demonstration School, Chinle, Ariz. Snider, Glenn, professor of education, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Okla. Thomas, Hadlev A., box 35, Tuba City, Ariz. Tilson, David, National Institutes of Health, Washington, DC Tyler, S. Lyman, director, bureau of Indian services, University of Utah, Salt "Lake City, Utah.
Page 2 - Affairs was established in 1824 and was transferred from the War Department to the newly created Department of the Interior in 1849, the Federal Government assumed only limited responsibility for Indian education during this p«riod.
Page 3 - Indian education should be an exemplary system of instruction. All of the teaching technologies available should be brought to bear on the instruction of Indian children. 3. The community action concept should be utilized wherever possible. Kindergarten and Headstart programs should be made available to all Indian children. 4. There should be administrative accountability within the Education Division and the Assistant Commissioner (Education) should have direct line authority over the program (promotions,...
Page 1 - ... service functions and because transfer of the education function would result in further fragmentation of the total spectrum of services now afforded Indians by the Federal Government . . . [prevailing Indian opinion reflects that] the Bureau of Indian Affairs should retain the education function . . ., working in close cooperation with the Office of Education to develop a high quality program of Indian education.
Page 10 - Deputy Assistant Secretary. JAMES E. OFFICER, Associate Commissioner, Bureau of Indian Affairs. DR. CARL L. MARBURGER, Assistant Commissioner oj Education, Bureau oj Indian Affairs. Department of Health, Education, and Welfaie: JOSEPH G. COLMEN, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Education. WALTER E. MYLECRAINE, Assistant to Deputy Commissioner, US Office of Education. ROSEMARY GEORGE, Indian Education Specialist, US Office of Education. MEETING ON INDIAN EDUCATION, DENVER NOVEMBER 9-10, 1966 Bonito,...
Page 2 - The national policy toward Indians during this period was one of suppression and isolation on reservations while efforts were exerted by religious groups to Christianize Indians and to teach them farming, homemaking, and the three R's. Because the great majority of Indians did not accept education during this period, these efforts had little impact. The year 1870 is often cited as the beginning of the reservation period, which has been characterized by varying degrees of Federal paternalism. With...
Page 11 - ... anthropology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky. Lekanof, Flore, chairman, Alaska Federation of Native Associations, box 1152, Fairbanks, Alaska. Marburger, Carl L., Assistant Commissioner for Education, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC Moore, Josiah, Papago Tribe, post office box 277, Sells, Ariz. Mylecraine, Walter, Assistant to Deputy Commissioner, US Office of Education, Washington, DC Officer, James, Associate Commissioner, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC Otte, Arland,...