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A beginning curriculum in data processing: for Native American students

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  1. Acknowledgements are due to many people who have been or are at Navajo Community College in conjunction with the preparation of and material in this paper. These people include Mr. Val Judd, General Systems Division, IBM, Rochester, Minnesota; Dr. Thomas Atcitty, ex-president of N. C. C., Shiprock, New Mexico; Ms. Linda Beauvois, graduate student in computer science at Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado; Mr. Scott Fisher, Data Base Manager, N. C. C.; Dr. Ray Barreras, Chairman, Natural Science Department, N. C. C.; Dr. John Tippeconnic, Director of the Indian Studies Program at Arizona State University (A. S. U.), Pheonix; Mr. Notah Begay, Computer Center Director, N. C. C.; and Ms. Polly Benally, Director of Operations, N. C. C. In addition, the efforts of many students-Curtis Gorman, Arizona State University; Mike Holland, Northern Arizona University; Tish Barreras, University of Arizona; Herman Tsosie, N. C. C.; Bill Trimiar, Navajo Tribe Data Processing Center; plus high school students, Scott Matlock and Franklin Jishie-are greatly appreciated.Google ScholarGoogle Scholar
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      cover image ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
      ACM SIGCSE Bulletin  Volume 10, Issue 1
      The papers of the SIGCSE/CSA technical symposium on computer science education
      February 1978
      296 pages
      ISSN:0097-8418
      DOI:10.1145/990654
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        SIGCSE '78: Papers of the SIGCSE/CSA technical symposium on Computer science education
        February 1978
        311 pages
        ISBN:9781450374767
        DOI:10.1145/990555
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        • Kenneth Williams

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