Montana State University (Bozeman, Mont.) Center for Bilingual/Multicultural Education Search this
Physical description:
xix, 354 pages ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
North America
United States
Date:
1993
Contents:
Education in native America: Dropping out in America: National dilemma -- Overview of the history and politics of Indian education in America -- Racism and stereotyping in native America -- American Indian dropouts: What the statistics say -- What places American Indian students at risk? -- American Indian female high school dropouts and high school and college talk about their lives: Introduction to the study -- Profiles of dropouts, high school graduates, and college graduates -- American Indian child and the culture of poverty -- Cultural discontinuity and dropping out -- Self-worth/Tribal identity and America Indian women -- American Indian females and substance abuse: Self-fulfilling prophecy or a social anomaly? -- Adolescent pregnancy and motherhood: Sanctions within the culture -- Factor of life for American Indian women -- American Indian female: Peer pressure or family -- Child abuse: Silent enemy -- Schools and teachers: Are American Indian girls dropouts or pushouts? -- Search for a solution: What does it all mean? -- Using the past as a path to the future -- Recommendations -- Final note -- Notes -- References -- Index
