 |  School and Society: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives, 4/e Stephen E. Tozer,
The University of Illinois, Chicago
Paul C. Violas
Guy Senese,
Northern Arizona University
Diversity and Equity: Schooling and American Indians
Professional Vocabulary- assimilation
- The process in which an individual or group is absorbed into a new social context through a process of acculturation that results in the individual or group's original culture being replaced by the new culture.
- Bureau of Ethnology
- A bureau of social science active during the New Deal; used experts to create a greater awareness of tribal culture and potential cultural obstacles to administration.
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- An agency of the Department of the Interior charged with the administration of the American Indian lands and goods.
- community control
- Emphasis on community democratic decision making in contrast to state or federal government control of social and educational programs.
- cultural pluralism
- A condition in which social and educational values encourage a variety of ethnic and cultural perspectives, languages, and values that enrich one another through their harmonious coexistence.
- Dawes Allotment Act
- A statute of 1887 that enabled American Indian tribal members to claim private ownership of tribal land.
- dominant culture
- That culture which is most strongly represented in a society's power structure and institutions such as government and schooling; may be a numerical minority in the culture as a whole but exerts disproportionate power.
- Merriam Report
- "The Problem of Indian Administration"; a report that increased the awareness of social and educational problems on tribal lands during the 1920s.
- scientific administration
- The application of social science research to social policy.
- tribal self-determination
- A term that developed during the 1960s to describe the desire of Indian tribes and communities for self-government.
- Worcester v. Georgia
- A Supreme Court case that strengthened the federal status of tribes and excluded them from state control.
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2002 McGraw-Hill Higher Education