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Carol M. Thompson Navajo Educational Materials Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0015
Abstract
This collection contains Navajo school materials, books, and other publications dealing primarily with Navajo language, history, and culture, compiled by Carol M. Thompson. Carol was a teacher for many years at the Wingate High School near Gallup on the Navajo reservation.
Dates:
Publication: 1940 - 1989
University of New Mexico Navajo Reading Study Records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-807-BC
Abstract
The Navajo Reading Study was conducted by the University of New Mexico and supported by grants from the Ford Foundation and contracts with the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the U.S. Office of Education. The purpose of the study was to investigate the feasibility and effect of teaching Navajo children to read their own language before learning to read English.
Dates:
1940-1979; Majority of material found within 1969-1975
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- Education, Bilingual -- New Mexico 1
- Education, Secondary -- New Mexico -- History 1
- English language -- Study and teaching -- Navajo speakers 1
- Fort Wingate (N.M.) -- Social conditions 1
- Multicultural education -- New Mexico 1