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Download full textFeldman, Douglas A. – 1973
The development of formal education for the Alaskan Eskimo was traced back to the 1799 schools operated by the Russian American Company through the current expansion of Bureau of Indian Affairs schools. It was maintained that the growth of these educational institutions undermined traditional Eskimo values, self respect and confidence, and general…
Descriptors: American Indians, Cultural Background, Economic Factors, Educational History
Alaska Governor's Commission on Cross-Cultural Education, Juneau. – 1970
The study presents findings and recommendations regarding education of Alaska natives (Eskimos, Indians, and Aleuts). The paper was prepared for the governor of Alaska by the Commission on Cross-Cultural Education of Alaska, which was designed to find ways to provide new meaning to education for Alaska's multicultural society and to provide…
Descriptors: American Indians, Boarding Schools, Community Involvement, Cross Cultural Studies
Goldsmith, Oliver Scott – ISER Fiscal Policy Papers, 1989
Alaska faces a problem that is easy to explain but hard to solve: state government is spending more than it collects. The budget crisis looms because oil production, which supplies 85% of the state's general fund revenues, will soon begin to fall as the Prudhoe Bay oil field is depleted. This paper examines the potential deficit and the effect it…
Descriptors: Economic Change, Economic Factors, Economic Research, Financial Needs
Coombs, L. Madison; Boon, Inez – 1969
There are 2 papers combined under this title, the first being specific to the Alaskan and the second to the Lapps of Northern Norway. Language difficulties were cited as being prevalent in both situations. English was reported to be the second language for the Alaskan, while Norwegian (which is completely different from the Lappish language) was…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adult Education, American Indians, Cross Cultural Studies
Hippler, Arthur E. – 1969
Following an introductory chapter on the general migration patterns in Alaska, this report concentrates on the towns of Barrow and Kotzebue. These towns are both affected by the migration of Alaskan natives from smaller to larger villages because of better wages, opportunities for more social interaction, and availability of amenities such as the…
Descriptors: Acculturation, American Indians, Demography, Disadvantaged
Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1918
The work of the Bureau of Education for the native races of Alaska has been carried on in accordance with the terms and purposes of Congressional appropriations for their education, medical relief, and for the extension of the reindeer industry among them. In the schools, emphasis has been placed upon instruction in matters pertaining to health,…
Descriptors: Business Education, Literacy Education, Industrial Training, Superintendents
