ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Starting with the September, 1975 issue, Dr. Leitka included biographical information on the authors. He titled the page, “About the Authors.” This “About the Authors” includes those paragraphs included by Dr. Leitka. In the issues prior to
September, 1975, there were occasional footnotes providing biographical information on the authors. This information has been included below. When I could, I provided biographical information about authors whom I knew and/or know. If no biographical information was known, this is so noted. It is important to remember that the
biographical information presented below ranges from 28 to 34 years old. Some of the authors are deceased and when this was known, it was so noted. Though I haven’t made a count, a significant number of the authors were of American Indian and Alaska Native descent.
Vol, 1, No. 3, September 1973
Dr. Letchworth is [1973] Associate Professor of Education in the Department of Education at the University of Oklahoma. He has extensive background in Social Psychology and has been involved with community oriented drug abuse programs. Letchworth is currently the principal investigator in the National Drug Abuse Education Training Center in Norman, Oklahoma.
Joseph David Blanchard earned the Bachelor of Arts Degree in 1954 from New Mexico State University, and the Master of Arts Degree in 1958 from California State College at Los Angeles, California. His professional experience includes ten years as an applied research psychologist in the aerospace industry, six years of which were on the Apollo spacecraft project. For three years, he was counseling psychologist for the Albuquerque Indian School, BIA. For the past year and a half, he has been employed by the Indian Education Resources Center, Division of Student Services, BIA, as consultant psychologist for all BIA-operated schools in the nation. (Deceased)
Dr. Bob Norris (Navajo) is on the faculty at the University of Arizona, Tucson, College of Education, 1973-74.
Dr. Leola Taylor (Creek) was born in Eufaula, Oklahoma. Graduated from Chilocco Indian School, 1939; Attended Arkansas City Junior College, Arkansas City, Kansas, 1939; Received B.S. Degree, Southeastern State College, Durant, Oklahoma, 1943; Received Master of Science Degree from Oklahoma State Univeristy, Stillwater, Oklahoma, 1960; Received her Doctorate May 1973 from Oklahoma State University. Dr. Taylor is currently Principal at Eufaula Indian School under the Muskogee Area Office, Muskogee, Oklahoma.
Vol. 2, No. 1, January 1974
Sam Billison was an energetic Navajo Education Administrator who held several important posts, including membership in the Navajo legislative Council. He was also a World War II celebrated “Code Talker”. Sam was on of the earliest Navajos to have an earned doctorate. He is deceased.
Dr. Jerry L. Jaeger, Sioux, was Superintendent and completed his Doctoral work at Arizona State University by commuting by air, piloting his own airplane. Dr. Jaeger had a distinguished career in Indian Affairs.
Vol. 2, No. 2, May 1974
James M. Horton and Donald J. Annalora, were teachers at the BIA, Navajo Area, Fort Wingate High School. Horton is retired and living in Fruitland, N.M.
Lloyd H. New, an American Indian, was Superintendent of the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe. He was a celebrated artist in his own right and was instrumental in making the Institute a permanent higher education institution.
Dr. Frank Hall, a long time employee of the BIA Education Program was very active in Special Education and Teacher Union work.
Robert E. Hall received his BA in 1951 from Pepperdine College and his Masters from San Francisco State College in 1954. He completed his work for the Doctoral program at George Washington University in 1974. He is presently [was] Chief, Division of Student Services in the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
There was no biographical information on Larry Shafer or Beverly L. Anderson for this issue.
Vol. 2, No. 3, September, 1974
Clennon E. Sockey, was an Oklahoma Indian and Director of the BIA Education Program when he wrote this article.
Clifton O. Johnson, was an Education Specialists on the Navajo Reservation. He is/was African American.
There was no biographical information on Mark L. Hanson
Vol. 3, No. 1, January 1975
Joseph H. Ramey and Thomas W. Sileo worked for the BIA on the Navajo Reservation. Ramey was for a few years Coordinator of the Title I Program.
R. Gabe Paxton, an Oklahoma Indian, had a distinguished career in the Government serving as head of the U.S. Office of Indian Education and the BIA’s Office of Indian Education Programs. He worked for several years as a Counselor in BIA boarding schools. He was a Marine veteran of World War II.
Dr. Annabelle Scoon Rosenbluth, completed her doctoral work at The University of New Mexico while she was also a Counselor at the Albuquerque Indian School. Dr. Scoon Rosenbluth’s dissertation anticipated what today’s No Child Left Behind world would refer to as an Accommodation, or, adjusting scientific instruments to address cultural differences of students.
There was no biographical information of James A. Popp.
Vol. 3, No. 2, May 1975
Phillip Martin was and remains Chairman of the Mississippi Choctaw. John and Jan Peterson have been working continuously with the Choctaw Tribe since 1968. Dr. John Peterson conducted research on the Reservation for his dissertation while Dr. Jan Peterson served the Tribe as a Tutor Counselor for the New Careers Program. In 1972-73, John worked as the Chief Development Officer for the Tribe while Mr. Phillip Martin was the Chairman of the Tribe. Currently Jan is (1975) serving as On-campus Director of the program described above while Mr. Phillip Martin is the official Director of the total program. Dr. John Peterson is the Head of Anthropology Department at the University and is continuing to provide consultant services to the Choctaw Tribe on informal basis. Mr. Martin is currently Chairman of the Choctaw Tribe with offices in Philadelphia, Mississippi. Dr. John Peterson is currently directing a newly developed Bilingual Education Program on the Choctaw Reservation and is also conducting a Choctaw Manpower Demographic study under a contract with the Tribe (June 1975).
There was no biographical information on Marvin Fifield, Lonnie Farmer, Charles A. O’Brian or Miguel Leon Portilla.
Vol. 3, No. 3, September 1975
Bruce S. Pray, Sr. received his degree from Houghton College of Houghton, N.Y. and obtained his Master of Divinity from Colgate University in Rochester, N.Y. Mr. Pray also holds a Masters Degree in Science from Alfred University in Alfred, N.Y. and received technical clinical training at Willard State Hospital in Gowanda, N.Y. Mr. Pray is currently serving as the school's psychologist at Flandreau Indian School, Flandreau, S.D., 1975.
Eugene Leitka received his Bachelors and Masters Degree from Southeastern State Oklahoma University and a Doctor-ate in Education Administration from New Mexico State University, Las Cruses, New Mexico. He is currently an Education Specialist in Educational Research with Indian Education Resources Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1975,
Thomas R. Hopkins holds a Bachelors and Masters Degree from the University of Texas at Austin and a Doctorate from George Washington University, Washington, D.C. Dr. Hopkins started his career with the Bureau of Indian Affairs as a teacher at Barrow, Alaska and has held various supervisory positions in other BIA schools and in the Central Office in Washington, D.C. He has authored several publications on Indian Education and is currently head of the Evaluation, Research, and Development Division in Albuquerque, New Mexico,-1975.
Patsy H. Stann received her Bachelors Degree in Political Science from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee and was Director of Research and Development for the Alumni Association at Antioch College School of law. She is currently Assistant Director for Development with the Coalition of Eastern Native Americans, Inc., 1975.
Vol. 4, No. 1, January 1976
There was no “Authors Page” for this issue.
Jon C. Wade, Sioux, has had a distinguished career in Federal Indian Education
programs, both in the BIA and the U.S. Department of Education. For a while, I worked with John when he was administering the Johnson O’ Malley Program.
Barry K. Berkson, was an Interior Department Solicitor with an office across the street from the Indian Education Resources Center (IERC). Barry worked with me on the Student Rights and Responsibilities Regulations and had a vital interest in the rights of Indians.
Lyle G. Elton, Sioux, was an Education Specialists at the IERC who served a Principal of the Navajo school located at Shonto.
Carlee Lowry worked as n Education Specialists at the IERC.
There was no biographical information on D. M. Murphy
Vol. 4, No. 2, May 1976
University at Flagstaff, Arizona. Mr. DuPree's career in Indian Education took him to schools on various reservations and Indian communities. His last appointment and up to his retirement in 1976, was the administrator of new Cherokee Elementary School at Cherokee, North Carolina. CARL COOLEY attended Bacone College in Muskogee, Oklahoma, and received his BA in 1970, and Master's Degree at Tulsa University in Psychology and Special Education in 1972. His Doctorate was in Educational Psychology from Kansas University in the summer of 1976. Dr. Cooley is currently teaching Statistics in Psychology at Haskell Indian Junior College.
Charles Wall received his Bachelor's Degree in Psychology and Biology from Central Michigan University at Mt. Pleasant, Michigan. He later received his Master's Degree in Conservation and Outdoor Education from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. Mr. Wall has done additional Graduate work in Psychology and Counseling from the University of Michigan, Michigan State University, Portland State University, University of California at Santa Cruz, and the University of Alaska. He has written several articles on career education for the BIA Native News, a Juneau Area Office publication. He has also served as a counselor and teacher in the public schools of Michigan and also the principal of a K-9 school in Ilo, Peru, South America. Mr. Wall entered BIA as a teacher in Chevak, Alaska, then held administrative positions at Chevak and Point Hope before becoming a guidance counselor at Kotzebue, 1976.
Norris Thomson attended high school in Wichita, Kansas and received his BS Degree from Anderson College in Anderson, Indiana, in the field of Physical Education with a minor in Social Studies in 1953. Dr. Thomson obtained his Master’s Degree in
Education from Wichita University in 1960. From 1960 to 1975, Dr. Thomson worked on various Indian reservations an an educator and received his Doctorate in Education Administration from Arizona State University in May, 1976. He is currently serving the Bureau of Indian Affairs as an Education Specialist in Guidance and Counseling at the Muskogee, Oklahoma Area Office, 1976
There was no biographical information for Carl R. Cooley, Bob M. Vanosdol, D. M. Johnson.
Vol. 4, No. 3, September 1976
Dr. Bernard Spolsky is the Dean of the Graduate School and is a professor of
Linguistics at the University of New Mexico. The above article is a reprint with permission from Theory Into Practice, Volume XIV, Number 5, 1975. [Editors Note: Dr. Spolsky now resides in Israel (2007).]
Bruce S. Pray, Sr. received technical clinical training at Willard State Hospital in Gowanda, N. Y. Mr. Pray is currently serving as the school's psychologist at Flandreau Indian School, Flandreau, S.D., 1975.
Hill State College in 1974. Mr. Jones is currently Teacher Supervisor at the American Horse Day School, in Allen, South Dakota.
Dr. Gipp is currently the Director of the American Indian Administrator Training Program at Penn State University, 1976.
Clyde Thomas Gray received his Master's of Psychology in Austin, Texas. Mr. Gray is currently Assistant Professor in Department of Psychology at California State University, Los Angeles.
Vol. 5, No. 1, January 1977
BLUE, ARTHUR R., is currently the Chairman of the Natives Studies Department at Brandon University of Manitoba, Canada. Dr. Blue holds a Ph.D. (1977).
BROWN, JANET W., is head of the AAAS Office of Opportunities in Science. Dr. Brown developed and directed the AAAS effort to increase minorities and women in science since early 1973. She is the author of numerous papers and addresses, of special interest on the project "Native American Contributions to Science, Engineering, and Medicine." Dr. Brown has been primary investigator on the project on Rosters of Women and Minority Professionals (Ford Foundation), Inventory of Science Education Projects for Minority Students (NSF), the Conference of Minority Women Scientists (NSF), and Minorities in Science (NCI and NIGMS).
GREEN, RAYNA, Cherokee, was born and raised in Texas. She took a B.A. and M.A. in English from Southern Methodist University and an Ph.D. in Folklore and American Studies from Indiana University in 1973. She has taught with the Peace Corps in Ethiopia, and at the Universities of Arkansas and Massachusetts (Amherst) where she was an Assistant Professor of English and Folklore. She is presently Director of the Project on Native Americans in Science for the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Washington, D.C. She has served as Coordinator of the Regional America Program for the Bicentennial Festival of American Folklife at the Smithsonian Institution and on the Native American Advisory Board for the Smithsonian.
WINTERTON, WAYNE ALLEN, was born August 13, 1938, at American Fork, Utah. He was awarded his B.S. degree from Brigham Young University in 1963, his M.A. degree from Arizona State University in 1971, and his Ph.D. degree from the University of New Mexico in 1976. Since 1971, he has served as Curriculum Specialist for the Albuquerque Area office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. In addition, he has six years experience as an elementary principal and has been a classroom teacher.
Vol. 5, No. 2, May 1977
Native American Materials Development Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, as a Curriculum Specialist, (1977).
FOERSTER, LEONA M., attended Northwestern University and received her B.A. Degree in 1955; major concentration - Secondary Education. In 1964, Ms. Foerster obtained her Master's Degree at Texas Tech University and later at the University of Arizona (1968) received her Ed.D. Degree in Elementary Education. Dr. Foerster and Dale Little Soldier are co-authors of a recent article published in the Elementary Leadership Journal entitled "Trends in Early Childhood Education for Native American Pupils." Dr. Foerster is currently a Professor of Education at the Texas Tech University, (1977).
LITTLE SOLDIER, DALE, completed his Bachelor's Degree with a double major in Biology and Secondary Education & Psychology from Rocky Mountain College, Billings, Montana, in 1962. After teaching in Busby, Montana, Mr. Little Soldier received his Elementary Certificate from Black Hills Teachers College. Recently awarded a Master's Degree in Early Childhood from Texas Tech University, he entered the Doctorial program also at Texas Tech. Presently, Mr. Little Soldier is a Rockefeller intern in Higher Education at South Plains Junior College. Dale Little Soldier is a Mandan-Arikara-Hidatsa from Ft. Berthold, North Dakota, (1977).
MARTIN, JAMES, is presently Title I Coordinator for the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Juneau, Alaska. Mr. Martin received his B.A. Degree in 1970, M.S. Degree in 1973, and Ed.D. Degree in 1976, while in attendance at Oklahoma State University. During 1976, the Social Science Research Council of New York funded Martin for research conducted in "Use of Defense Mechanisms in Indian and Non-Indian Adolescents." Mr. Martin was project director for the Oklahoma Indian Needs Assessment that was published in May, 1976, (1977).[Editors Note: Dr. Martin is currently a Division Chief in the BIA’s Washington Office of its Bureau of Indian Education, formerly the Office of Indian Education Programs, 2007.]
SMITH, FREDERICK D., received his B.A. Degree in 1964 from Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island; M.A. Degree in 1967 from U.C.L.A. in Anthropology; and Ed.D. Degree in June, 1977 in Social Foundation of Education from the University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona. Frederick Smith is currently a Child Development Associate Specialist for the Navajo Office Indian Child Services in Ft. Defiance, Arizona, (May, 1977).
Vol. 5, No. 3, September 1977
PRICE, MR. is Director of Mental Health, Brigham City Service Unit, Indian Health Service, Brigham City, Utah.
BATY, MR. is Director of Guidance Programs, Intermountain Inter-Tribal School, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Brigham City, Utah.
NUTTING, Dr. Paul A., is a Medical Research Officer with the Office of Research and Development, Indian Health Service, Tucson, Arizona.
EVANS, Dr. G. Edward, received his B.A. degree from the University of Minnesota and also received an M.A. in Library Sciences and an M.A. in Anthropology from Minnesota. His Ph.D. was earned at the University of Illinois and is currently Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Library Sciences and Information at UCLA, 1977.
ABBEY, KARIN, received her B.A. in Anthropology from Vassar College in 1968 and M.A. from UCLA in 1972. She is currently a graduate student in the Department of Graduate School of Library Sciences and Information at UCLA, 1977.
Vol. 6, No. 1, January 1978
COOMBS, L. MADISON is a former Deputy Assistant Commissioner for the Bureau of Indian Affairs and is the past Director of Educational Research for the BIA. Mr. Coombs is the author and principal investigator of several studies conducted in the Bureau of Indian Affairs. In his retirement, Mr. Coombs is currently residing in Topeka, Kansas, 1978. {Editors Note: I had the professional pleasure to work with Madison from 1959 – 1970. In 1959 he was Assistant Area Director for Education, Juneau Area and later in Washington when he was Deputy Director of Education. Madison is deceased]
CHIAGO, ROBERT K., received his B.A. Degree in Education from Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona in 1965 and his Masters Degree in Education from Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, Illinois in 1970. Robert is currently involved in graduate work for a Ph.D. in Education Administration at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah. Robert is also the Director of the Native American Studies Program at the University, 1978.
ENOCHS, J. ROMILY, received his B.A. Degree in 1966 from Memphis State University in Memphis, Tennessee and received his Masters Degree in Education Administration in 1971 from New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, New Mexico. J. Romily recently completed work for his Ed.D. in Education (1977) at Mississippi State University in Starkville, Mississippi. Dr. Enochs has been an elementary and middle school teacher as well as having teaching experience at junior college and is currently an elementary school administrator with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Choctaw Agency, Philadelphis, Mississippi, 1978.
1970 and obtained his Masters in English at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona in 1971. Dr. Shaughnessy completed his Ph.D. work at Arizona State University. in Education Administration in 1976 and is currently teaching Creative Essay Writing at the University of Pacific in Stockton, California, 1978.
Vol. 6, No. 2, May 1978
LINDA SUE BRISCOE earned her B.A. Degree in English at Northeastern Oklahoma State University, Tahlequah, Oklahoma. She is currently Principal-Intern at Fort Wingate High School in Fort Wingate, New Mexico while enrolled in graduate work in Education Administration at Penn State University.
DR. THOMAS R. HOPKINS earned B.S. and M.Ed. degrees from the University of Texas at Austin and the Doctor of Education degree from George Washington University, Washington, D.C. He has worked as a day school teacher in Alaska, an administrator in a Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) residential school, and an Education Specialist for the BIA headquarters office in Washington, D.C. He recently served as Chief of the Division of Evaluation, Research and Development in BIA and is currently on detail to the University of New Mexico where he is Visiting Research Scholar in Education.
DR. JAMES MARTIN is presently Title I Coordinator for the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Juneau, Alaska. Mr. Martin received his B.A. Degree in 1970, M.S. Degree in 1973, and Ed.D. Degree in 1976, while in attendance at Oklahoma State University. During 1976, the Social Science Research Council of New York funded Martin for research conducted in "Use of Defense Mechanisms in Indian and Non-Indian Adolescents." Mr. Martin was project director for the Oklahoma Indian Needs Assessment that was published in May, 1976.
DR. RICHARD L. REEDY was granted the Bachelor of Science degree from Southern Oregon College in 1964, the Master of Arts degree from San Jose State University in 1967, and the Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of New Mexico in 1971. Since 1970, Dr. Reedy has been employed with the Bureau of Indian Affairs and is currently assisting the Director of Education in Washington, D.C. Previous experience relating to education or psychology includes research, writing, and teaching with the Southwestern Cooperative Education Laboratory, the University of New Mexico, and San Jose State University.
Vol. 6, No. 3, September 1978
MR. GUILLERMO BARTELT is currently on sabbatical leave from his duties as Professor of English As a Second Language in the Department of English at Yavapai College, Prescott, Arizona 1978. He earned his BA and MA from The University of Wyoming and is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Arizona. Mr. Bartelt is also a counselor for bilingual students at Yavapai College, 1978.
DR. SANDRA JEAN FOX, Oglala Sioux; attended high school in Mandaree, North Dakota, received her B.S. Degree in English from Dickinson State College, Dickinson, North Dakota. She earned her Masters and Doctorate in Education Administration from Penn. State University. She has taught school at Des Lacs Public Schools, Des Lacs, North Dakota, at Cheyenne Eagle Butte School in Eagle Butte, South Dakota. Sandra has also served as Education Specialist in the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Albuquerque, New Mexico and Aberdeen, South Dakota. In 1978, Sandra served as Special Assistant to the Director of Education for the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Dr. Fox is currently an Education Specialist with the Aberdeen Area Office and is also the Director of Education for the North American Indian Women's Association, 1978.
DR. RAYNA GREEN, Cherokee, was born and raised inTexas. She took a B.A. and M.A. in English from Southern Methodist University and a Ph.D. in Folklore and American Studies from Indiana University in 1973. She has taught with the P ce Corps in Ethiopia, and at the Universities of Arkansas and Massachusetts (Amherst) where she was an Assistant Professor of English and Folklore. She is presently Director of the Project on Native Americans in Science for the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Washington, D.C. She has served as Coordinator of the Regional America Program for the Bicentennial Festival of American Folklife at the Smithsonian Institution and on the Native American Advisory Board for the Smithsonian. Dr. Green is the author of several articles on Indians in Sciences, scientific fields and technology and on American Indian Women.
Vol. 7, No. 1, January 1979
Dan Sahmaunt, Kiowa, had a distinguished career in the BIA serving in several positions in various schools, including head of the dormitories at Intermountian Indian School and Assistant Area Director for Education, Anadarko Area.
Bruce Pray’s biographical information is given above under Vol. 3, No. 3, September 1975.
James C. Martin’s biographical information is given above under Vol. 6, No. 2, May 1978.
Vol. 7, No. 2, May 1979
BOUDREAUX, ERNEST, received his BA Degree in Education at the University of Southwestern Louisiana in Lafayette in 1967. His MA was earned in 1969 at the University of Southwestern Louisiana in Economic Geography in association with meteorology and cartography. Ernest completed his Ph.D. in Administration of Higher Education in 1974 at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. He is currently directing the Choctaw Career Education Program for the Choctaw Tribe in Philadelphia, Mississippi, 1979.
CUCH, FORRESTS, Ute tribe, has a degree from Westminister College, Salt Lake City, in Behavioral sciences with a minor in Economics and Business Administration. He earned his degree in 1973 and is currently the Head of the Education Division of the'Ute tribe in Fort Duchesne, Utah, 1979.
KLINEKOLE, RUTH V., Mescalero Apache; is a senior at Tularosa, New Mexico High School and is currently (1979( on the Principal's Honor Roll and is also listed with Who's Who Among High School Students. Ruth is a member of the National Honor Society, serves as secretary for the student council, is student manager for the boy's varsity basketball team, and is currently serving as Miss First America, 1979.
SANDOVAL, LESTER, Jicarilla Apache; received his BA in Spanish at Brigham Young University in 1968 and earned his M.S. Degree in Education of the Disadvantaged from Oregon College of Education in 1972. Lester completed his work for Doctor of Education University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
