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Walls, Caitlin – Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, 2019
During the fall of 1947, the first building for the Naval Arctic Research Laboratory (NARL) was constructed, which consisted of a quonset hut retrofitted as a laboratory. Scientists arrived in Barrow (Utqiagvik), Alaska, the northernmost village in the United States, not long after. The remainder of NARL was built two miles outside the village…
Descriptors: Science Laboratories, Scientific Research, Eskimos, Indigenous Populations
Alaska State Dept. of Education, Juneau. – 1961
THIS HANDBOOK WAS PREPARED FOR USE BY ALL TEACHERS IN THE RURAL SCHOOLS OF ALASKA, AND SPECIFICALLY FOR THE BEGINNING TEACHER IN ONE- OR TWO-ROOM SCHOOLS. IT INCLUDES INFORMATION ABOUT BASIC POLICY, PRESCHOOL PROCEDURES, THE FIRST DAY, THE FIRST WEEK, THE FIRST MONTH, A SUGGESTED SCHEDULE FOR A ONE-TEACHER SCHOOL, FACTORS IN CURRICULUM ADJUSTMENT,…
Descriptors: Books, Curriculum Development, Day Schools, Dormitories
BENNETT, ROBERT L.; COOMBS, L. MADISON – 1964
RURAL ALASKA IS COMPOSED OF VERY SMALL COMMUNITIES, A SITUATION WHICH COMPLICATES DEVELOPMENT OF ADEQUATE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. ELEMENTARY EDUCATION IS PROVIDED THROUGH A LARGE NUMBER OF RELATIVELY SMALL VILLAGE SCHOOLS. ALTHOUGH SOME OF THESE SCHOOLS ARE TOO SMALL, MOST PEOPLE AGREE THAT EDUCATING THE YOUNGSTERS IN A BOARDING SCHOOL SITUATION IS…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Vocational Education, American Indians, Boarding Homes
Kleinfeld, Judith – 1978
Factors contributing to Native students' college success were examined in a study of 50 Native freshmen and 42 non-Native freshmen at the University of Alaska in the 1973-74 academic year. The study compared students in relation to three common explanations of college success: level of academic preparation, goal orientation, ease in the campus…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Alaska Natives, American Indians, College Environment