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Peer reviewedDucker, James H. – American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 1996
In the early 1900s, the Alaskan Bureau of Education tried to lure the Inupiat away from "corrupting" white mining communities and encourage settlement of new Native communities by erecting schools in areas isolated from white influence. The Inupiat's interest in Western education plus the opportunity to maintain traditional subsistence…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Alaska Natives, American Indian Education, Cultural Maintenance
Peer reviewedTrujillo, Octaviana V. – American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 1998
Reviews the history of the Yaqui, first in Mexico, and then in Guadalupe (Arizona). Discusses the use of Yaqui, Spanish, and English within the community; community legal action against the school district over disproportionate special-education placements; resistance to school desegregation; a trilingual community school; and internal and…
Descriptors: Acculturation, American Indian Education, American Indian History, Community Schools
