Alaska

Novel study for Left Behind: An Alaska Legend of Betrayal, Courage, and Survival by Velma Wallis.

Looks at elements in successful models used to preserve and maintain languages in communities and schools.

[Education] Thesis [M.Ed.] -- Evergreen State College, 2007.

Discussion of program which seeks to deal with problems such as broadening students western cultural knowledge to improve language usage and encouraging students to express their personal feelings verbally.

Professor (Hogan) explains how and why she teaches Indigenous epistemology in her graduate field-based research methods course and reflects on whether she has done it successfully. Recent doctoral student (Topok) explains how he developed his research method, Katimarugut, in the class.

Discusses ways to help AI/AN children become effortless readers using different reading programs.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alaska Fairbanks, 1995.

Looks at probable determinants and impacts in Canada, Alaska and Greenland.

Looks at the Alaska Native Medical Center's telemedicine program and partnership with the Alaska Federal healthcare Access Network.

Post screening evaluations revealed that the culturally sensitive approach was successful in raising awareness.

Contends that ethnographic research is continuing in the Arctic and subarctic.

Discusses collaboration between the Smithsonian Institution and the Alutiiq Museum in Kodiak in mounting the exhibit Looking Both Ways: Heritage and Identity of the Alutiiq People.

Compares the environment of schooling in urban and rural Alaska plus the progress state educators have made following the initial implementation of the legislation.

Essays examining the conventional portrayals of Native people in literature, exposing prejudices and misconceptions entrenched since colonial days regarding Native societies, including their moral, spiritual, and political values. Entire journal in one pdf. Scroll down to page 32 to read article.

American Indian Studies Thesis (M.A.)--The University of Arizona, 2009.

Anthropology and Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--The University of British Columbia, 1997.

Examines the relationship between the Coast Tsimshians, Chief Legaic and the Hudson Bay Company.

Report includes the following papers: Report of the Ethnologist-in-Charge by F. W. Hodge Tsimshian Mythology by Franz Boas

Study surveyed 72 attendees from the late 1940s through the early 1980s to gather information on their experiences, both good and bad.

Looks at how conceptual tools can be used in Indigenous education research.

Extracted, probably, from Goldwaite's Geographical Magazine at pages 17 to 23.

Overview of Pacific Northwest art from pre-contact to present day. Duration: 54:07.

A look at the Louis Shotridge collection; Louis Shotridge, also known as Stoowukháa (c. 1882-1937), was from the Tlingit people of Southeast Alaska and worked for the Penn Museum as Assistant Curator from 1915-1932. This paper also discusses decisions made concerning the information architecture and metadata standards used in developing the website.

Human and Organizational Systems Thesis (Ph.D.)--Fielding Graduate Institute, 2003.

[Education] Thesis (Ed.D.)--Harvard University, 1997.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Brown University, 1996.

Presents the People Awakening Project (PA) to provide an Alaska Native understanding of the sobriety progress.

Looks at Tlingit oral accounts that reference the 850 year old fort at Glacier Bay to understand the history and environmental change during that period.

Provides a list of suggestions directed to health care providers for developing respectful relationships with Alaska Natives.

Broad cultural overview of the Tlingit peoples including location, history, oral history, language, housing, clothing, healing practices, and social customs. Also includes brief bibliography.

Identifies obstacles the Tlingit community must overcome in order to best utilize the authority allowed to them under the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA).

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Harvard University, 1998.

Forms part of Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, v. 57 (p.1-48)

Book review: Tlingit Indians of Alaska by Archimandrite Anatolii Kamenskii. Translated, with an Introduction and supplementary material, by Sergei Kan.

Presents author's knowledge of Alaska Native music and dance.

Fine Arts Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 1984.

Discusses the reenactment of speeches made by tribe members and the dramatic impact on the audience.

Study conducted on bilingual program in southwestern Alaska, reveals assumptions about Native education.

Chronicles how the Alaska Tobacco Control program targets high-priority groups by creating population segments based on a combination of factors.

Discussion of an archaeology site in Alaska which contains 267 mostly whole tools which exhibit a wide range of tool forms and production technologies.

Contends that the Tlingit author's poetry, with its traditional themes and world concepts, successfully translates into a non-traditional form of English poetry. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 29.

History of totem poles with maps and illustrations; postulates carving began in pre-Columbian era.

The Bureau of Indian Affairs (USA) in 1930 sought to encourage the appreciation of carvings as art.

Teacher's resource includes brief essay, bibliography and study questions.