Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Review Method: Peer Reviewed
Abstract: Indian reservations are a site of varied economic development. Some reservations are plagued with severe poverty and unemployment, while others are quite prosperous, and are contributing to the overall state economy in a way that benefits Indians and non-Indians alike.
One of the important factors is what researchers have termed “cultural match,” a case in which the current tribal governing structure closely resembles the traditional governmental structure. This match leads the tribal members to attribute legitimacy to the governmental process. They believe in their government, so it persists and is stable. The Pueblos of New Mexico, with their unique relationship with past and present dominating governments, similar history, culture, religion and traditional governing structure, provide information for investigation into the realm of economic development in Indian Country. I set out to test for a significant effect of governmental form on economic success. I found that, in general, Pueblos with a traditional, theocratic government were no more successful than Pueblos that had adopted a more democratic system. Instead, I argue that for the early 1990s, tourism is an important indicator of Pueblo economic success, as is demonstrated by the significant effect of distance from the interstate on economic prosperity. Those businesses targeted at tourists provide employment and income for Pueblo residents. I further argue that businesses in Pueblos farther from the interstate must target local populations, and are more likely to prosper on a reservation where dispute resolution is free from political interference.

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Abstract: Drawing on declassified documents contained in the Lyndon B. Johnson library in Austin, Texas and at the National Archives in College Park, Maryland - as well as face-to-face interviews with surviving members of the Johnson administration - this paper examines the Pueblo incident of 1968 from a cognitive (analogical reasoning) perspective. It examines the ways in which Lyndon Johnson and several of his colleagues were guided by the lessons they drew from their response to the 1962 Cuban missile crisis, widely regarded as an outstanding success among the policymakers themselves, and their reaction to the 1964 Tonkin Gulf incident, in which a hasty response to flawed intelligence about a spy ship had helped lead America down the long and tortuous path of Vietnam. In addition, evidence is uncovered that the U.S. response to the incident (and North Koreaâ??s understanding of what was likely to occur) revolved around the so-called helicopter incident of 1963-64, when two American pilots inadvertently strayed into North Korean airspace and were taken hostage for a year; as in the Pueblo case, the United States eventually signed a confession of wrongdoing and were then permitted to directly repudiate it. Although the comparison was initially resisted by Dean Rusk and others, it was eventually accepted as an expedient means of getting the hostages back and helped generate two options consistently offered to the North Koreans to resolve the crisis.

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Abstract: Abstract appears at the beginning of the paper.

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Review Method: Peer Reviewed
Abstract: With his election as prime minister in the spring of 1968, Pierre Trudeau deliberately set out to challenge the relatively narrow orientation of Canada’s post-war foreign policy with its emphasis on relations on Western Europe and the United States. His e

Publication Type: Symposium Paper
Abstract: The session will focus on the evolution of an electronic data management system in a teacher education program, including the lessons learned in the development of use of a system in answering questions about student learning and program quality. The ability to track and to analyze data is fundamental to two functions of assessment in teacher education: 1) monitoring individual student progress and 2) institutional and accreditation needs for program evaluation and continual program improvement. Recent reforms in the assessment of teacher education candidates have emphasized the importance of traditional assessment measures (e.g., licensure exams); multiple authentic, performance-based measures such as Teacher Work Sampling (e.g., Ayres, Girod, McConney, Schalock,, Schalock, and Wright, 1996; Meisels, 1996; National Research Council, 2001; and Schalock, 1998); ongoing and value added evaluations (e.g., Marzano, Pickering, and Pollock, J. E, 2001; Sanders, and Horn, 1998); and data that document the effects of teacher education programs on K-12 student achievement.

The major focus of the proposed session will be development of participants’ skills in planning and implementing digital systems that assist in storing, organizing, and interpreting data from a variety of sources. The Teacher Education Information Management System developed at Colorado State University – Pueblo is an electronic database that addresses the challenge of organizing, accessing, and utilizing K-16 data. In addition to research on recommended performance measures, research on digital assessment strategies is critical to the successful design of electronic systems and will also be discussed. Lessons learned in including essential stakeholders in the continued design of the management system will also be addressed.