Discusses the early years of Russian occupation and education on Kodiak Island, and the suppression of language and culture by the American education system.
Examines the different definitions of Indigeneity used by the different nation-states in the Arctic regions. Finds that Russian definitions exclude large Indigenous groups (Sakha & Komi) and shows that not all Arctic Indigenous groups are included in the Arctic Council.
Alaska Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
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Reports on education, economic opportunity and employment, and administration of justice regarding Alaskan Natives. Provides recommendations for change.
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 12, no. 2, 2017, pp. 64-83
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Comments on the discrimination and poorer health status of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and two-spirit Native American and Alaska Natives compared to mainstream Americans.
Review of Research in Education, vol. 1997, 22, pp. 113-194
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Discusses the shift from assimilationist efforts in education to efforts to revitalize Native languages and cultures in support of an approach that values both Native and Western knowledge.
Discusses a brief submitted to the Supreme Court in 1997 which distorts the language from the court's 1886 United States v. Kagama decision, and disregards tribal values and traditions.
Reprint from Indian Country Today.
Booklet of a study of Vuntakutchin people living at Fort Egbert, Alaska. Topics include habitations, annual movements, food, fishing and hunting, government, funeral ceremonies and names.