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CONTEMPORARY NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITIES
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
List of Tables
PREFACE
CHAPTER ONE - AMERICAN INDIAN HIGH SCHOOL COMPLETION:A CONTRADICTION IN NEED OF EXPLANATION
School Completion Patterns among American Indians
A Case Study of American Indian High School Completion
CHAPTER TWO - CONTRIBUTIONS OF SCHOOLING AND COMMUNITY RESEARCH TO AN ECOLOGICAL APPROACH TO THE STUDY OF SCHOOL OUTCOMES
The Role of Individual Attributes and Actions
The Effects of Family Characteristics
The Effects of Students’ Experiences with Schooling
The Effects of School Context
School and Community Relations
CHAPTER THREE - THE NORTHERN CHEYENNE RESERVATION: THE SETTING FOR AN ANALYSIS OF HIGH SCHOOL COMPLETION
The Northern Cheyenne Social Structure
Political and Economic Organization of the Reservation
Summary
CHAPTER FOUR - CASE STUDY APPROACH AND DESCRIPTIVE DATA
Qualitative Methods
Quantitative Analyses
Limitations of the Data
Summary
Note
CHAPTER FIVE - EVALUATING ECOLOGICAL MODELS OF SCHOOL PERFORMANCE:THE RELATIVE EFFECTS OF INDIVIDUAL, FAMILY, SCHOOL, AND COMMUNITY INFLUENCES
Influences on Type of School Attended
General Model of School Performance: Individual, Family, School Type, and School Experiences
School Performance Models by School Type: Individual, Family, and School Influences
Cultural Influences on Cheyenne School Performance
Summary
Note
CHAPTER SIX - EVALUATION OF SCHOOL DROPOUT MODELS
General Dropout Model:The Effects of Individual, Community, Family, School Type, School Experiences, and School Performance
Revised Dropout Model:Adding the Effects of Student and Family Cultural Resources and Community-School Relations
Influences on Dropping Out, by School: Individual and Family Characteristics, School Experiences, and School Performance
Cheyenne Dropout Model: The Role of Cultural Variables
Summary
Notes
CHAPTER SEVEN - EVALUATING MODELS OF SCHOOL PERFORMANCE AND COMPLETION FOR INDIAN AND WHITE STUDENTS AT COLSTRIP HIGH SCHOOL
Multivariate Analyses: School Performance and Completion
Qualitative Analyses
Summary
CHAPTER EIGHT - CONCLUSION: NATIVE CAPITAL AND NORTHERN CHEYENNE DROPOUT RATES
School Performance
Dropout Behavior
Summary and Discussion
Policy Implications
REFERENCES
INDEX
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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