Download full textERIC Number: ED017360
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1965-Mar-12
Pages: 71
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AMERICAN INDIAN EDUCATION CONFERENCE, USE OF EDUCATIONAL WEAPONS IN THE WAR ON POVERTY (6TH, ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY, MARCH 12-13, 1965).
MENNINGER, KARL; AND OTHERS
AN ANTHOLOGY OF SPECHES AND REPORTS DELIVERED AT THE SIXTH ANNUAL AMERICAN INDIAN EDUCATION CONFERENCE IS RECORDED IN THIS DOCUMENT. ONE SPEAKER STRESSED THAT AMERICAN INDIANS SHOULD BE PROUD OF THEIR IDENTITY AND ATTEMPT TO IMPROVE THEIR LIFE THROUGH EDUCATION. THE SECOND SPEAKER ENCOURAGED SERVICE TO THE TRIBE THROUGH EDUCATION. THE PROBLEMS IN INITIATING FEDERAL PROGRAMS ARE EXPLAINED BY A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND A TRIBAL CHAIRMAN. INDIAN REPRESENTATIVES EXPLAINED THE DIFFICULTIES IN PERSUADING THE INDIANS THAT THEY NEEDED HELP TO IMPROVE THEIR LIVES. VARIOUS OTHER SPEAKERS REPRESENTING FEDERAL PROGRAMS URGED COOPERATION AND PATIENCE IN ESTABLISHING PROGRAMS FOR INDIANS. (JS)
Descriptors: American Indians, Anthologies, Community Action, Conferences, Education, Federal Programs, Problems, Programs, Services, Speeches
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Authoring Institution: Arizona State Univ., Tempe. Coll. of Education.
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