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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED213559 AUTHOR: Anderson, Owanah P., Comp.; Verble, Sedelta D., Comp.
TITLE: Resource Guide of American Indian and Alaska Native
Women, 1980.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1981
NOTE: 257 p.; Paper copy not available due to publisher's
preference.
ABSTRACT: A resource listing of 678 prominent American
Indian and Alaska Native women representing 159 tribes
throughout the United States provides the following
information: name, address, date and place of birth, tribal
membership, field of interest, current occupation, Indian
activities, women's advocacy, educational background and
professional interest. The following are the majority of
professional and advocacy skills the women possess:
administration (federal, tribal and urban), cultural
advocacy and arts (arts and humanities, traditional arts and
crafts), economic development (program planning/management),
education (adult/vocational, bilingual, curriculum
development, early childhood, educational equity, higher
education, Native American studies, teacher training, tribal
education), employment (affirmative action/EEO, women's
employment advocacy), health (administration, alcohol/drug
abuse, Indian health advocacy), legal advocacy (legislative
change/testify/lobby, treaty rights/legal
advocacy/sovereignty, tribal council membership), media and
communications, social and human services (child advocacy,
domestic violence, Indian Child Welfare Act), skills for
change (commission on status of women, conference/workshop
speakers, published authors). Also included are indexes by
tribe, state, and resource skills. (ERB)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Advocacy-; American-Indian-Education; Art-;
Authors-; Consultants-; Economic-Development; Employment-;
Health-Services; Human-Services; Information-Sources; Legal
Responsibility; Public-Speaking; Tribal-Sovereignty; Tribes-
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Alaska-Natives; *American-Indians;
*Females-; *Human-Resources
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