Chilocco Indian Boarding School : Tool for Assimilation, Home for Indian Youth
Theses
Author/Creator
Pamela A. Koenig
Description
[History] Thesis (M.A.)--Oklahoma State University, 1992.
Greenland discusses Gwich'in language and culture, post-secondary education, and general youth concerns. Chief Pascal discusses the Mackenzie Delta region and its' significance; the legacy of cultural destruction; the importance of self-determination and self-governance; language education; the need for program development for the Gwi'chin of the Mackenzie Delta including "treaty, non-status, Metis;" a land claim agreement and its' particulars; and the need to decentralize powers from the federal and territorial governments back to the Gwich'in people.