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Keefe, Anna; Tantillo, Vanessa; Norman, Dennis K. – National Indian Education Association, 2008
The National Indian Education Association (NIEA) has a long-standing commitment to protecting the cultural and linguistic traditions of Native American students. Towards strengthening these outcomes, they are initiating the development of the National Native Cultural Standards for Education project. To provide background support for future phases…
Descriptors: Cultural Education, American Indians, American Indian Education, Lifelong Learning
Slwooko, Grace – 1977
Transmitted orally for generations until the Eskimo language became a written one, the eleven St. Lawrence Island legends compiled in this volume for high school students tell of feats that were accomplished through supernatural power. Meant for both entertainment and instruction, the tales convey wise council indirectly through the conversations…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, Bilingual Education, Books, Eskimo Aleut Languages
Slwooko, Grace – 1978
The legend of an Eskimo hunter, trapped on a moving, melting ice flow and subsequently rescued by a friendly but shy giant who returns him to his village, is presented in the St. Lawrence Island Yup'ik language and in English. Ten full page color illustrations by J. Leslie Boffa visually tell the story for those readers who may not yet have…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, Bilingual Education, Books, Childrens Literature
Dirks, Moses; Dirks, Lydia – 1978
A history of food gathering and food preparation techniques of Alaska natives on Atka Island in the Aleutians are presented in Western Aleut and English with illustrations by J. Leslie Boffa and Mike Dirks. Directions are given for preparing: various plants, including wild rice; salted, dried, or smoked fish; baked flour; fried dough; boiled…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, Bilingual Education, Cooking Instruction, Cultural Background