This first level social studies text, designed for children in bilingual Inupiat-English programs in the Alaskan villages of Ambler, Kobuk, Kiana, Noorvik, Selawik, and Shungnak, is about ordinary physical activities such as opening and closing doors, walking, laughing and clapping. Each page has a command and an appropriate black-and-white…

In this paper, I discuss how making Qallunaat teacher voices inclusive within the policy-making process of Inuit education in Nunavik can significantly help Inuit youth to be more successful in their education and to adapt better to modern Northern community living. The study being discussed is a year-long Participatory Action Research (PAR)…

The monograph on the North Alaskan dialect of Inupiaq, an Eskimo language, makes a phonological comparison of the two sub-dialects, Barrow and Kobuk. An introductory section outlines basic word structure and standard orthography, and gives an overview of the dialects' phonology. Subsequent sections give an extensive phonological analysis of these…

The study provides a description of the verbal derivational suffixation, postinflectional derivation, enclitics, and particles of the Central Siberian Yupik Eskimo language as spoken on St. Lawrence Island, Alaska and on the coast of Chukotka, in the Soviet Union. It also shows how these elements participate in a network of four tightly-knit…

This Senate hearing received testimony expressing the concern that Alaska Native languages are dying, and suggesting ways to stimulate and improve Native language instruction in schools and community settings. The director of the Alaska Native Language Center (University of Alaska, Fairbanks) provided information about the history of suppression…

A bibliography on Alaska native languages covering educational publications printed during 1968-78 is presented. The document concentrates on printed materials produced for school use in modern practical orthographies and is divided into two major sections, Indian languages and Eskimo-Aleut languages, and within these into sections by language.…

These guidelines offer suggestions for strengthening Alaska's indigenous languages. The guidelines aim to provide assistance to the local language advisory committees created under Senate Bill 103, that are responsible for making recommendations about the future of the heritage language in their community. The underlying theme is that heritage…

Addresses the issue of how educators can provide the best understanding of quality education for Inuit people, emphasizing cultural influences, culture conflict, and language of instruction (English versus native languages). The article examines how to develop programs and instructional materials in Inuktitut that will support learning from both…

This paper describes an adult learning project to revitalise the traditional Inuit art of weaving grass baskets. The participants involved in the project, all older women who speak an indigenous first language (Inuktitut) and who have limited experience with formal education, largely on their own initiative, undertook the process of successfully…

This guide describes reference materials concerning Alaska natives available in the Rasmuson Library at the University of Alaska at Fairbanks. It covers separately published reference sources. The guide includes: significant bibliographies; guides to sources; indexes; dictionaries; almanacs; directories; guides to manuscripts and photographs; and…

This is one of a series of handbooks designed to assist classroom teachers, bilingual-bicultural education and special education program staff, counselors, and school administrators in instructional services for students from native Alaskan language groups. The unique sociocultural and linguistic characteristics of Inupiaq speakers as they relate…

This workbook contains materials for teachers to use in the classroom. An alphabet book, the Pledge of Allegiance, songs, a play, and units on various subjects, such as hunting, picking berries, making a garden, and spring cleaning, are included. The materials are presented in both Alaska Peninsula Alutiiq (Sugpiaq) and English. (CFM)

This illustrated reader is in the North Slope (Barrow) dialect of Inupiaq. A traditional story, it is intended for competent speakers of the language with knowledge of the writing system. (AMH)

This illustrated, primary-level reader is one in a series designed for use in the Alaska State-Operated Schools' bilingual education program. The text is provided in English, Upper Kuskokwim Athabascan, and the Kivalina dialect of Inupiat. These texts are used to supplement the beginning reading programs in the native languages of Alaska, and for…

This elementary reader is written in both English and Inupiat. To avoid interference in reading, it is designed so that the Inupiat text is never directly opposite the English equivalent. The reader contains a number of brief stories or essays about life in Noorvik, Alaska, and is illustrated with black-and-white drawings. (CLK)