Discussing the professional expert involved in local projects, the paper examined the dilemma of trying to find the proper place for this resource person in the many community-based, action-oriented curriculum development projects being developed for Native peoples. The 3 broad categories of involvement are social, administrative, and technical.…

Describes a participatory research project among the Sikuani Indians of Colombia that uncovered solutions to a failing government-imposed health program. Discusses promoting community involvement in and control of its own health care, integrating traditional and modern medical practices, and adapting national health dictums to local circumstances.…

The testimony of John C. Rainer, Director of the American Indian Scholarship Program, before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on the Interior and Related Affairs (May 1973) examined the Senate's reduction of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) appropriation for 1973-74. Rainer explained that the $19,938,000 requested for the year, $10,000,000…

Addressed to educators who have the responsibility for developing curriculums or educational programs that will serve Native American students, the document does not present new information on the status of education in Native American communities. Rather, it discusses ways in which available information, such as the 1928 Meriam Report, can be…

Designed to serve as a guide, a stimulus, and a path for other schools desiring to control their education and that of their children, this book has two objectives: to tell the Rough Rock story--the origin, growth, and development of the demonstration school, and especially current events in 1976; and to provide a guide to other communities who…