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ERIC Number: EJ302165
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1984
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Alaska's "Molly Hootch Case": High Schools and the Village Voice.
Cotton, Stephen E.
Educational Research Quarterly, v8 n4 p30-43 1984
An attorney involved in Alaska's "Molly Hootch Case" chronicles the events surrounding the class action suit, which resulted in a 1976 consent decree to establish a high school program in all of the 126 villages that wanted one. Legal, educational, and cultural consequences for bush Alaska are discussed. (BS)
Descriptors: Acculturation, Alaska Natives, Boarding Schools, Community Control, Desegregation Litigation, Educational Discrimination, High Schools, Racial Discrimination, Rural Schools
Publication Type: Historical Materials; Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Bureau of Indian Affairs Schools; Hootch v Alaska State Operated School System; Tobeluk v Lind
Note: Theme issue with title "Culture, Language, Education: Implications for US Mainland Educators."