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ERIC Number: EJ602259
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0710-1481
Standing Their Ground: The Integration of Community and School in Quinhagak, Alaska.
Barnhardt, Carol
Canadian Journal of Native Education, v23 n1 p100-16 1999
Case study describes the efforts of Kuinerrarmiut Elitnaurviat, the K-12 school in Quinhagak, Alaska, to implement school reform initiatives that support the merging of school and community values and priorities. Despite nearly a century of outside acculturation efforts, the Yupik people of Quinhagak are attempting to integrate their language, customs, and beliefs into the formal educational system. (Author/SV)
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, Case Studies, Community Control, Cultural Maintenance, Culturally Relevant Education, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Eskimos, Language Maintenance, Rural Education, School Community Relationship, Values
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Lower Kuskokwim School District AK; Yupik Eskimos
Note: Theme issue title: "Hands Back, Hands Forward: Revisiting Aboriginal Voices and Re-Visioning Aboriginal Research."