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(2012). Racism, Union Busting, or Just Plain Cultural Conflict?, Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership. This case describes the struggle of a small school employee association located in a right-to-work state as it attempts to continue exercising influence after a political turmoil caused the composition of the school board to change. This case presents many elements that foster discussion of basic employee rights such as freedom of association, free speech, and due process. As such, this case is designed for usage in educational leadership programs and is particularly pertinent to provoke discussions regarding school politics, employee association authority, preferences in hiring practices, and employee dismissal procedures. Students of educational leadership enrolled in school law, human resources, and/or multicultural education courses can engage in discussion of multiple aspects of course content. [More] Descriptors: Civil Rights, Conflict, Course Content, Boards of Education
(1991). A Search for Equity: A Policy Analysis of First Nations Representation on Provincial School Boards, Education Canada. Claims that American Indians are being discriminated against by such unfair provincial statutes as the Education Acts and Municipal Election Acts. Advocates equal representation of American Indians on school boards in Canada and policy reforms to allow school board voter eligibility for members of a First Nation that buys services through a tuition agreement. Descriptors: American Indians, Boards of Education, Canada Natives, Educational Legislation
(2016). Alternate Realities: Racially Disparate Discipline in Classrooms and Schools and Its Effects on Black and Brown Students, Leadership and Research in Education. This study examines the Civil Rights Data Collection of 2014, consisting of 49,605,534 students from 95,635 public schools covering grades from Kindergarten to 12th grade. The primary focus of this study was to examine the relative distribution of different types of discipline between ethnic groups and genders. In every category, the levels reported for either African-American or Native American students were much higher than any other group. Native American levels were highest for referral to law enforcement and for expulsion with or without school services. For almost every gender comparison within each ethnic group, male students were more likely to receive punishment than female students. For Native American students, girls were more likely than boys to receive in-school suspension, out-of-school suspension, expulsion either with or without educational services, and to be referred to law enforcement or experience school-related arrest. [More] Descriptors: Public Schools, Kindergarten, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnic Groups
(1973). The Southwest Indian Report. A Report of the U. S. Commission on Civil Rights, May 1973. The investigation of civil rights violations for American Indians in Arizona and New Mexico covers Federal, state, and local employment; elementary, secondary, and higher education; and health needs, especially the Indian Health Service. It also discusses urban and reservation administration of justice and water rights. Conclusions and recommendations to improve Indian life end the report. [More] Descriptors: American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Civil Rights, Courts
(1999). The Vanishing Indian Reappears in the College Curriculum. The first Native American studies programs, created in the rising political consciousness of the late 1960s and early 1970s, arose from a rejection of traditional curricula and challenged stereotypes of Indians and their history. During the 1980s, Native studies programs became vehicles to recruit and retain American Indian students, reflecting concerns over minority attrition rates and affirmative action. In the late 1980s and into the 1990s, the increasingly multicultural makeup of American society and the emerging global economy focused attention on multiculturalism and cultural diversity in college curricula. One of the most notable trends in Native American studies has been the emergence of tribal colleges fostered by the American Indian Higher Education Consortium. These colleges offer courses that play an important role in preserving tribal cultural identity. From political confrontation to affirmative action to multiculturalism, the presence of American Indians as both subjects of scholarship and scholars in their own right has created a new field of study that incorporates ideas such as tribal sovereignty, the relationship of cultural identity to land, the importance of culture in understanding the effects of first contacts between Europeans and Native Americans, the significance of Native languages as cognitive structures, and treaties and treaty rights. Several disciplines are involved, primarily anthropology, history, literary criticism, and legal studies. Native American studies has thus promoted a model of truly interdisciplinary learning. Contains endnotes and a bibliography. [More] Descriptors: Activism, American Indian History, American Indian Languages, American Indian Literature
(2011). Is There a Crisis in International Learning? The "Three Freedoms" Paradox, Cambridge Journal of Education. This paper explores creative responses to global educational, financial and ethical crises. The focus is the potential intersection between academic, Internet and media freedoms. At base, it asks whether there are rights (of definition, use and control) associated with each of these. For instance, is unfettered access to the Internet a human right or is it analogous to a public utility? Does it matter to the polity if media freedoms are filtered and curtailed? And is academic freedom influenced, concerned or affected by either (or both) of the above? In an environment in which formerly ranked certainties no longer hold sway, new forms of international learning and global university behaviours are essential. I argue that exploring and defining an ethical curriculum is where the process begins; invoking it in terms of international research is where it travels; and changing the world inside and outside the campus is the ultimate destination. [More] Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Internet, Civil Rights, Freedom of Speech
(1996). Roots of Contemporary Native American Activism. Commentary, American Indian Culture and Research Journal. Traces the foundations and development of Native American activism, 1950s-90s. Discusses relocation of reservation American Indians to urban areas in the 1950s without promised aid or vocational training, changing aspirations of Indian veterans and college students, lessons of the civil rights movement, occupations of Alcatraz Island and Wounded Knee, and efforts to enforce treaty rights and tribal sovereignty. Descriptors: Activism, American Indian History, Civil Disobedience, Civil Rights
(1980). Pressure Points in Growing Up Indian, Perspectives: The Civil Rights Quarterly. Describes the cultural contradictions between traditional American Indian child-rearing practices and "mainstream" Anglo expectations. Discusses the psychological consequences of growing up with such culture conflict, and condemns educational and social policies which ignore the American Indians' traditions and exacerbate their alienation. Descriptors: Adopted Children, American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indians
(1982). Dying Too Young, Perspectives: The Civil Rights Quarterly. Examines poor health conditions and health problems of American Indians. Stresses that health programs for American Indians have been underfunded from the start, and that the diminishing commitment of the American government to such programs threatens to worsen an already low Indian health index. Descriptors: American Indians, Disease Incidence, Federal Aid, Federal Indian Relationship
(1981). What Shall Our Children Read? A Selected Bibliography of American Indian Literature for Young People. The 178 titles in the annotated bibliography represent a variety of American Indian and Alaska Native topics and literature from 1953 to 1980 (primarily the 1970's). Serving as a guide for teachers and Native American parents, the bibliography alphabetically lists published material non-stereotypic of American Indians and suitable for teaching progressive reading skills. An asterisk identifies books written by American Indians. Each annotation includes the book's reading level. Examples of the contents include: myths and legends ("White Shell Horse,""Stories of Our Ancestors: A Collection of Northern Ute Indian Tales,""Spider in the Sky"); historical accounts ("Indian Annie: Kiowa Captive,""Let Me Be a Free Man"); culture and lifestyle ("The Hunters,""American Indian Utensils,""Indians of the Woodland: Before and After the Pilgrims"); prose and poetry ("The Way: An Anthology of American Indian Literature,""Ascending Red Cedar Moon,""Longhouse Winter"); biographies ("Chief Sarah: Sarah Winnemucca's Fight for Indian Rights,""Famous Indians,""Joseph, Chief of the Nez Perce"); and references ("American Indian Habitats: How to Make Dwellings and Shelters with Natural Materials,""The World of the American Indian,""Sports and Games the Indians Gave Us,""American Indian Clothes and How to Make Them"). Three periodicals developed especially for use by children and teachers in the classroom are also listed. Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indian Literature
(2014). A Feather in Her Cap, Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership. In this case, the authors explore the tensions that emerge when students exert their right to visibly demonstrate their cultural values and beliefs at school or school-sponsored activities and events. This case was designed for educational leadership courses dealing with diversity, pluralism, multiculturalism, and democratic values. Students should be encouraged to discuss pluralism and democratic education juxtaposed with multiculturalism. They should consider ways in which the principal and teachers in this case either missed or tried to use opportunities to engage students in transformative, cross-cultural pedagogies that could prove to be socially reconstructive. [More] Descriptors: Student Rights, Cultural Activities, Multicultural Education, Cultural Awareness
(1999). Education and the Law: Implications for American Indian/Alaska Native Students. This chapter provides an overview of federal education case law and legislation. Currently, there is no Supreme Court education case law applicable specifically to American Indian students. Following brief descriptions of categories of jurisdiction and the structure of the federal court system, the overview summarizes Supreme Court case law applicable to all students and examines potential implications for American Indian students, where applicable. Case law in education falls into the following general areas: (1) discipline (corporal punishment, due process); (2) curriculum (protection of freedom of religion, English-as-a-second-language instruction for limited-English speaking students); (3) student and teacher right of free speech; (4) tort law (responsibility and negligence in education, "in loco parentis" issues, extent of school liability); (5) equity (educational discrimination, integrated facilities, equal educational opportunity); (6) special education (rights of disabled children); (7) finance (equality in school funding); and (8) compulsory attendance. Nineteen federal legislative acts are summarized that provide the legislative foundation of American Indian education. Contains references in endnotes. [More] Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indian Education, American Indians, Court Litigation
(1977). Oklahoma Tribes: A History, American Indian Journal. Oklahoma is a microcosm of American Indian country. Water rights, tribal government impotence, jurisdiction, tribal membership, treaty rights, taxation, sovereignty, racism, and poor housing, education, and health are all vital issues facing the Indian tribes of Oklahoma. In order to understand the complexity of these issues, a review of the history of the Oklahoma tribes is presented. [More] Descriptors: American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Culture Conflict, Government Role
(1998). American Indian Supplement to the National Standards for Civics and Government. This American Indian supplement to the 1994 National Civics and Government Standards aims to provide classroom teachers with useful ideas for instructional content focused on American Indian-related civics and government issues. Like the national standards, this document is divided into the grade level groupings of K-4, 5-8, and 9-12. The supplement should be used in conjunction with the national standards document itself and therefore follows the same format, organization, and language. Only certain sections of the national standards were adapted to include Indian-specific content. The supplement refers to specific national content standards by number; comments on or interprets them in relation to American Indian students and issues; and, where appropriate, adds additional standards and performance indicators for Indian students. Most interpretations and additions involve issues related to tribal government and its powers; tribal sovereignty; the relationships among federal, state, and tribal governments; the nature of civic life in American Indian communities; the rights and responsibilities of American Indians as citizens of the United States and their tribes; and the history of the federal-Indian relationship. This supplement may also be used as a guideline for developing more tribally specific local standards. [More] Descriptors: Academic Standards, American Indian Education, American Indian History, American Indians
(1976). AIPRC Jurisdiction Task Force Holds Hearings. The Jurisdiction Task Force of the American Indian Policy Review Commission (AIPRC) held a series of hearings on jurisdictional issues/problems confronting Native American governments today, and the following four topics emerged as primary areas of concern: Child Placement; Public Law 280; Water Rights; and Hunting/Fishing Rights. [More] Descriptors: American Indians, Child Welfare, Civil Rights, Federal Legislation