Provides an overview of indigenous-education programs in the United States, including Alaska and Hawaii. Discussion focuses on the historical context that has seen consistent attempts to eradicate the languages and life ways of Native Americans. Case studies are presented that illustrate the role of indigenous-language-education programs in…

This Senate hearing received testimony expressing the concern that Alaska Native languages are dying, and suggesting ways to stimulate and improve Native language instruction in schools and community settings. The director of the Alaska Native Language Center (University of Alaska, Fairbanks) provided information about the history of suppression…

Two catalogs inventory wax cylinder collections, field recorded among Native American groups, 1890-1942. The catalog for Great Basin and Plateau Indian tribes contains entries for 174 cylinders in 7 collections from the Flathead, Nez Perce, Thompson/Okanagon, Northern Ute, and Yakima tribes. The catalog for Northwest Coast and Arctic Indian tribes…

This is the fourth of a set of four books containing 24 examples of the Tanaina art of storytelling. They are intended for use in a bilingual education setting for competent speakers of Tanaina Athabaskan who have knowledge of the writing system. The stories in this volume are true historical accounts of events that occurred in the wars with the…

This illustrated reader in Inupiaq is intended for use in an elementary school bilingual education setting. An English translation is appended. (NCR)

This illustrated children's reader in the Barrow Inupiaq language is intended for use in a bilingual education setting. (NCR)

A bibliography on Alaska native languages covering educational publications printed during 1968-78 is presented. The document concentrates on printed materials produced for school use in modern practical orthographies and is divided into two major sections, Indian languages and Eskimo-Aleut languages, and within these into sections by language.…

This elementary reader in upper Tanana Athapaskan is intended for use in a bilingual education setting. Each page of text is illustrated with pen-and ink drawings. (AMH)

This elementary Athapascan reader is intended for use in a bilingual education setting. Each page of text is illustrated with pen-and-ink drawings. (AMH)

This primary-level workbook is part of a series of materials developed for beginning reading instruction in Barrow Inupiaq. It is designed to accompany the reader entitled "Suva Una," also in the series. Each page consists of an illustration from "Suva Una" and lined spaces for writing exercises. (AM)

This illustrated reader contains a story written in Ahtna Athapascan. It is intended for children on the elementary level beginning Ahtna Athapascan as a second language. (NCR)

This illustrated reader is intended for use in a bilingual education setting and is geared toward students with an intermediate level of proficiency in Gwich'in Athabascan. It consists of a story about traditional life. An English translation is appended. (AM)

This reader is intended for advanced language students in a bilingual education setting on the elementary level. It includes myths and ethnographic accounts of Athapascan life. An English translation is inserted. (NCR)

Presents model for developing localized district computer software targeted to Native American students from particular language communities. Describes process through which Yukon/Koyukuk School District developed computer software for Athabaskan students. Emphasizes software as one tool in teacher-directed language arts program, not replacement…

These guidelines offer suggestions for strengthening Alaska's indigenous languages. The guidelines aim to provide assistance to the local language advisory committees created under Senate Bill 103, that are responsible for making recommendations about the future of the heritage language in their community. The underlying theme is that heritage…