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Theatrical Activities In Miami, Oklahoma : Indian Territory Days Through Early Statehood, Barbara Smith Jul 1973

Theatrical Activities In Miami, Oklahoma : Indian Territory Days Through Early Statehood, Barbara Smith

Research Problems, 1947-1991

We will be concerned here with the theatrical activities in Miami, Oklahoma, from the Indian Territory days through early statehood. In the course of this investigation we will be examining this locality's demand for theatre even before it was a part of the United States. This demand for theatre and the theatrical activities themselves will be considered in the context of some of the influences of the surrouinding cities and towns within the adjacent states; and we will take note of the similarities of this very small town outside the confines of "civilization" to the theatre movement of the nation …


Motivation Of An Indian Child In A School Situation, Wilda Jacques Jul 1959

Motivation Of An Indian Child In A School Situation, Wilda Jacques

Research Problems, 1947-1991

Excerpt: "The successive attempts to educate the American Indian have not produced the result desired by the educators and the American public. Perhaps it is the "successive attempts" that are at fault or there may be any number of reasons. The responsibility for the education of the Indian has been accepted by the United States Government. [...] The resulting degrees of success and failure are understandable when the purpose of the education was civilization and assimilation and the adoption by the Indians of the white ways of living. [...] The problem is to find ways to motivate the Sioux Indian …


The Educational Achievement Of Indian Children In The Powhattan, Kansas, Grade School, Carroll G. Sprague Jul 1957

The Educational Achievement Of Indian Children In The Powhattan, Kansas, Grade School, Carroll G. Sprague

Research Problems, 1947-1991

Excerpt: "Do the Indian students of the Powhattan, Kansas grade school achieve as well in arithmetic, spelling, language, and reading as their white classmates? Achievement is measured by the Iowa and Stanford achievement tests. The grades tested were from three to eight inclusive during the school years 1955-1956 and 1956-1957. [...] Some of the patrons of the Powhattan Grade School District feel that it is necessary to bring in white pupils from other districts to our already overcrowded school. The argument used is that they are needed to keep up the quality of classwork. They feel that if the white …