Conference of Educators and Teachers of California IndiansUNIV-OH-TEACH.001.CaTurCSU

Contributing Institution: California State University Stanislaus Special Collections and University Archives

Title: Conference of Educators and Teachers of California Indians

Identifier/Call Number: UNIV-OH-TEACH.001.CaTurCSU

Physical Description: 20 Reels

Physical Description: 2 File Folder

Physical Description: 35 Compact discs

Date: 1967 March

Language of Material: English .

Container: 1 of 2

Container: 2 of 2

Collection is open for research.

A conference on Indigenous American education was held in March 1967, at Stanislaus State College. Participants included administrators, teachers from representative schools with a high proportion of Indigenous American students, anthropologists, social scientists, and Indigenous Americans from tribes throughout California. The objectives of the conference were, 1. to promote interest among the Indigenous American adult population in the education of Indigenous American children, 2. to involve the representative Indigenous American population in planning the improvement of the education of indigenous children, 3. to unify Indigenous Americans and encourage collective strength in the improved education of Indigenous American children, and 4. to identify and address current challenges in achieving these goals. Several recommendations were made at the conference and are available from the following report: https://libdig.csustan.edu/oral_histories/Conference_of_Educators_1967/Report_on_first_statewide_conference_on_California_Indian_education.pdf

This collection is comprised of oral histories of the original conference proceedings held in March 1967. Originally recorded on quarter-inch tape, audio from the proceedings was converted to Compact disc. Also included are the conference presenters' original typed presentations.