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Change in School and Community Attitudes in an Athapaskan Village.
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Ovando, Carlos J. – Peabody Journal of Education, 1994
Reports a study that examined the attitudes of students, parents, and teachers toward school and community issues in Nulato, a remote Athapaskan village, noting changes in attitude between 1983 and 1992. Results suggested the community valued the maintenance of cultural heritage, and cultural and language restoration were becoming high priorities…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, Catholic Schools, Community Attitudes, Cultural Influences
Eskimo School on the Andreafsky: A Study of Effective Bicultural Education. Praeger Studies in Ethnographic Perspectives on American Education.
Kleinfeld, Judith Smilg – 1979
Written as part of a series of ethnographic studies, this book is a case study of a Catholic boarding high school for Alaskan Eskimos from remote villages undergoing rapid change. Six chapters appraise the bicultural educational principles employed at St. Mary's: (1) a profile of the students as effective bicultural people; (2) the relationship…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Alaska Natives, American Indian Education, American Indians