DOCUMENT RESUME ED 044 218 Poehlman, Charles H. TITLE ...

DOCUMENT RESUME

ED 044 218

RC 004 792

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Poehlman, Charles H. Indian Education Program: 1969-1970 Annual Report to United States Bureau of Indian Affairs. Nevada State Dept. of Education, Carson City. Oct 70

84p.

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EDRS Price mF-$0.50 HC-$4.30 Adult Programs, *American Indians, *Annual Reports, Community Involvement, Cultural Background, Cultural Enrichment, Dropouts, *Education, *Educational Finance, Educational Television, Enrichment Activities, Enrollment, Evening Classes, Federal State Relationship, *Program Descriptions, School Community Relationship, Student Needs, Teaching Guides *Nevada

ABSTRACT A brief history is given of the Johnson-O'Malley

Act, which provides funds for Indian children attending public schools, and Nevada's plan for distribution of these funds is discussed. Procedures for determination of state apportionment for Nevada public schools are included, as are the beneficiaries of the special fund allocations. Basic objectives for educational programs and the problems encountered in developing these programs are cited. Two programs for Indian children in Nevada are described: (1) the Summer Educational Program for Southern Paiute Children and (2) The First Ones, an educational television series for all school children in Nevada. (Lesson plans and a teacher's guide for the seri(ls are included in the document.) Public Law 89-10 Title I programs serving Indian children in Nevada are listed, and school district news, financial reports for 1969-70, enrollment data, and results of the 5-year dropout survey conclude the report. (LS)

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ANNUAL REPORT

1969 - 1970

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UNITED STATES BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS

Prepared by

CHARLES H. POEHLMAN, COORDINATOR Federal Relations and Programs Branch

INDIAN EDUCATION PROGRAM

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. EDUCATION & WELFARE

OFFICE OF EDUCATION THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN REPRODUCED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED FROM THE PERSON OR ORGANIZATION ORIGINATING IT. POINTS OF VIEW OR OPINIONS STATED DO NOT NECES SARILY REPRESENT OFFICIAL OFFICE OF EDU CATION POSITION OR POLICY.

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STATE OF NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Burnell Larson, Superintendent of Public Instruction

Carson City October 1970

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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CONTENTS

LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL

NARRATIVE REPORT

NEVADA STATE PLAN FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF JOHNSONO'MALLEY CONTRACT FUNDS

PROCEDURES FOR DETERMINATION OF STATE APPORTIONMENT FOR NEVADA PUBLIC SCHOOLS

SPECIAL FUND ALLOCATIONS

BASIC OBJECTIVES - PROBLEMS

EXAMPLES OF HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL PROGRAMS WITH INDIAN CHILDREN IN NEVADA . 1. Summer Education Program for Southern Paiute Children 2. The First Ones

SCHOOL DISTRICT NEWS

TITLE I - P. L. 89-10

ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT

FINANCIAL REPORTS (State and by County School Districts)

JOHNSON-O'MALLEY INDIAN ENROLLMENT (State and County School Districts)

NEVADA INDIAN DROPOUT STUDY

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14-30 31-48 49-51 52 53 54-67

68-81 82-84

BURNELL LARSON

Burins NTICHOONT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION

ROBERT I.. LLOYD

ASSOCIATIC gUFIRINTINDENT DIVISION OF DURATIONS

STATE OF NEVADA

Department of Education

FEDERAL RELATIONS AND PROGRAMS

CARSON CITY. NEVADA 439701

TELEPHoNs (70S) 1101.73S4

October 15, 1970

JAMES P. KILEY. DIRSCTOR CHAS. H. POEHLMAN. COORDINATOR

JAMES P. COSTA, CONSULTANT

Mr. W. Wade Head, Area Director

Phoenix Area Office

Bureau of Indian Affairs

P. O. Box 7007

Phoenix, Arizona

85011

Dear Mr. Head:

Enclosed in accordance with 62 I.A.M., Section 3.2.10-C is the Annual Report of the Indian Education Program, State of Nevada, Department of Education.

This Annual Report is for the fiscal year begirning July 1, 1969, and ending June 30, 1970, under Contract No. H50C-1420-6910 with an allocation of Johnson-O'Malley Act Funds to the State of Nevada in the amount of $141,500.00.

Respectfully submitted,

Chas. H. Poehlman, Coordinator Federal Relations and Programs Branch

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NARRATIVE REPORT ON JOHNSON-O'MALLEY PROGRAM IN NEVADA

FOR FISCAL YEAR 1969-1970

In 1934 Congress enacted the Johnson-O'Malley Act, which enabled the Bureau of Indian Affairs to contract with states and local school districts for the education of Indian children. The Act appropriated funds for the administration of the program and for the payment of tuition to school districts which enrolled eligible children. The Act was especially timely, inasmuch as the United States was undergoing a severe depression, and the assurance of a subsidy payment served as an incentive to many school districts, particularly small rural schools.

In the State of Nevada, the Bureau of Indian Affairs followed a program of contracting with local school districts for the education of Indian children until 1947. At that time it was deemed advisable and advantageous to place the program on a State level with the State Department of Education. Under this procedure, a position of State Director of Indian Education was established in the Department of Education and under the Jurisdiction of the State Board of Education, and charged with the responsibility for further integration of Indian children into the public school program.

In the mid 1940's, the State of Nevada, with the cooperation of the Nevada Indian Agency, instituted a program of integration, namely that of converting Bureau-operated day schools to public schools. Following the action taken on the Duck Valley Reservation in 1930, little or no effort was expended toward conversion of Ay schools until 1945, when the Indian residents of the Walker River Reservation petitioned for the consolidation of their three-teacher day school with the one-teacher public school located at the edge of town.

Indian parents on the Pyramid Lake Reservation, the following year, petitioned for arrangements to enable their children of high school age to attend the Fernley School, twenty miles distant. The successful operation of this venture prompted the parents to request extension to seventh and eighth grade students the following year. Within another year, the same group petitioned for the establishment of a public school on the Reservation to replace the day school. An interesting aspect in connection with the request of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Indians for a public school was the stipulation that it operate only through the first six grades, and that arrangements be continued for the education of seventh and eighth grade students at Fernley. The Indian parents were unanimous in their reasoning that in order to secure the best education possible, it was imperative for their children to have the earliest practicable opportunity to attend the school where they would constitute a minority of the total student body. For this reason, attendance of their children at a reestablished high school a shorter distance from home was vetoed by all parents, due to the fact that its enrollment would be predominently Indian. The advantage of associating with non-Indian children was considered to be a paramount factor.

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