Cross-Cultural Education Study-Tour.

Overview & Synopsis

The report describes, in the form of transcribed interviews, cross-cultural programs in Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Montana, New Mexico and Arizona identified in a May, 1973, study-tour of cross-cultural education focusing upon people of Indian ancestry. The primary goal of these visits was to identify promising procedures and accomplishments in cross-cultural education wherever interesting developments may have occurred. The report focuses upon native studies programs at the institutions visited and on information gained through interviews with personnel involved in native-studies curriculum and instruction projects. Programs visited include: Indian Teacher Education Program at the University of Saskatchewan; Saskatchewan Indian Cultural College; E. D. Feehan High School in Saskatoon; University of Brandon in Manitoba; Rocky Boy Elementary School on the Cree Reservation, Montana; Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Navajo Area Office and Navajo Tribal Education Office in Window Rock, Arizona; Chinle Boarding School, Many Farms High School, Rough Rock Demonstration School, and Rock Point (Contract) School in Arizona; and University of New Mexico and BIA Language Arts Office in Albuquerque, New Mexico. (ERB)