Indian Education Confronts the Seventies. Five Volumes, Volume No. IV: Technical Problems in Indian Education.

As the fourth volume in a five-volume series of position papers on Indian education, this publication presents seven papers relative to the technicalities of the financial, political, and legislative problems of Indian education. Papers are titled as follows: (1) "State Responsibilities for American Indians--Minnesota" (the question of Federal versus State funding); (2) "State Responsibilities for American Indians--Texas (the success of the Tigua Indians of El Paso, Texas in gaining State support); (3) "Jurisdictional Problems of Indian Controlled Schools" (the problem of providing Indian people with the monetary, informational, and manpower resources to secure effective control of Indian schools); (4) "Public School Financing Considerations for American Indian Education" (numerous educational finance models are presented); (5) "Federal Financing of Indian Education" (documentation of the laws and programs earmarked for Indian education with an explanation of the way in which both can be subverted); (6) "Sources of Financial Aid for American Indian Students" (emphasis on Federal sources other than BIA higher education funds); (7) "Federal Treaty Responsibilities for Indian Education" (consideration of the types of educational provisions found in treaties in view of the future of Indian education). (JC)