Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-256) and index
American Indian high school completion : a contradiction in need of explanation -- Contributions of schooling and community research to an ecological approach to the study of school outcomes -- The Northern Cheyenne Reservation : the setting for an analysis of high school completion -- Case study approach and descriptive data -- Evaluating ecological models of school performance : the relative effects of individual, family, school, and community influences -- Evaluation of school dropout models -- Evaluating models of school performance and completion for Indian and white students at Colstrip High School -- Conclusion: Native capital and Northern Cheyenne dropout rates
