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Download full textDemmert, William – 1994
Reports from the Indian Nations At Risk Task Force and the White House Conference on Indian Education identify as a national priority the need to retain American Indian and Alaska Native languages both as central elements in Native cultures and as national resources. A personal narrative of an Alaska Native man who grew up in the 1930s shows the…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indian Languages
Lipka, Jerry – 2002
This digest briefly reviews the impacts of assimilationist education for American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/AN) and describes recent examples of successful AI/AN schools that incorporate students' native language and traditional culture into the curriculum. Beginning in the 1870s, federal policy emphasized assimilation as the goal of AI/AN…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, American Indian Education, Biculturalism
Manuelito, Kathryn D. – 2003
Since 1975, the political climate has increasingly supported the inclusion of American Indian culture and language in Native education and the training of Native teachers. Native teachers enhance the teacher-student relationship for Native students, are role models for Native youth, and are aware of Native learning styles. The ongoing Native…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Cultural Education, Educational Attitudes, Elementary Secondary Education
