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Thirty-seven years ago, the Navajo people in Arizona created the first tribally-controlled college in the world. This birth fired the imagination of educators and community activists across the United States, who soon be...
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Relates Congress's demand that by the year 2003, more than half of the teachers in the Head Start programs must have at least an associate degree in Early Childhood Education. Summarizes the funding initiatives provided ...
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Summarizes the focus of this Tribal College issue, which addresses the need for specialized education to meet American Indian students' individual needs. States that standardized tests are not effective measures and that...
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Examines the low expectations of Native American students held by both Indian and non-Indian teachers and asserts that these attitudes of "internalized racism" must change. Reports on teacher education at tribal colleges...
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Previews the issue's articles on distance education, stating that tribal colleges are committed to increasing access to education. Cautions against proceeding rashly into new technology, but also denotes the danger in de...
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Identifies the problems faced by the Indian education system and lists the goals of the Indian Nations at Risk Task Force, which was created in 1991 to improve tribal education by the year 2000. Addresses the need for fu...
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Emphasizes the integral role of tribal colleges in providing a safe environment for Native American students to obtain both academic and cultural education. Documents instances of racism that previously have acted as bar...
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Describes efforts to utilize advances in telecommunications technology to provide distance education for tribal colleges that reflects tribal cultures. Indicates that planners have decided to establish uplinks at the col...