Inside the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

Feraca, Stephen E.

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ERIC Number: EJ414455

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1990

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Inside the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

Feraca, Stephen E.

Society, v27 n4 p29-39 May-Jun 1990

Describes the effects of affirmative action on hiring practices in federal agencies dealing with American Indian issues. Indicates that the policy of Indian preference in the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and the Indian Health Service (IHS), begun during the mid-1960s, has had serious negative repercussions for personnel standards. (AF)

Descriptors: Affirmative Action, American Indians, Court Litigation, Employment Practices, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Ethnic Discrimination, Federal Government, Government Employees, Personnel Policy, Racial Discrimination, Reverse Discrimination

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Historical Materials; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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