Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 22, no. 1, Native Activism, Fall, 2010, pp. 30-31
Description
Discussion on the goals of the Tumitchiat Leadership Summit in Barrow, Alaska, including maintaining the Inupiaq culture and encouraging youth to carry on with higher education.
INALCO 2009, Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference, Orality (Paris, 2006)
Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Esther Ilutsik
Ina Bouker
Description
Comments on an education system that combines Western and Yup'ik pedagogical approaches.
Paper from Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference edited by B. Collingnon and M. Therrien.
Focuses on four areas: strengthening Tribal control; investing in cultural and language revitalization; hiring Native American staff and administrators, and promoting interagency coordination.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 48, no. 1, 2009, pp. 1-18
Description
Looks at a language revitalization program in Kenai, Alaska which partners the community with the university and reports the challenges and compromises that accompany this partnership.