Indigenous peoples -- United States -- Social life and customs, Indigenous peoples -- Civil rights -- United States, Indigenous peoples -- Education -- United States, Indigenous peoples -- United States -- Government relations, Indigenous peoples -- United States -- History, Indigenous peoples -- United States 

x, 390 pages : illustrations. 

Contents:
Moment of truth for the American Indian / Rupert Costo --
American Indian philosophy and its relation to the modern world / Alfonso Ortiz --
The man made of words / N. Scott Momaday --
Implications of the 1968 Civil Rights Act in tribal autonomy / Vine Deloria, Jr. --
The American Indian in American history / Jeannette Henry --
Innovations in Education / Samuel Billison --
Native American studies programs: review and evaluation / W. Roger Buffalohead --
Native arts in America / Fritz Scholder --
Modern psychology and child development: the American Indian case / Lionel deMontigny --
Indian land development-good or bad economics? / Robert Bennett --
Forms and uses of tribal government / Rupert Costo --
Red power: real or potential? / Bea Medicine --
The urban scene and the American Indian / Vine Deloria, Jr. --
Special session: Responsibilities of the foundations in Native American programs / Bea Medicine --
Special session: Native Americans in the textbook literature / Jeannette Henry --
Report on resolutions --
The convocation participants.