Tom
Hopkins Collection
Thomas R. Hopkins' last job with the BIA was
division chief for the system
in Education
Evaluation and Research. He has compiled statistics and research pertaining
to the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the history of Alaska Native
Education.
Alaska
Native Education: History and Adaptation in the New Millenium
Angayuqaq Oscar Kawagley
Excerpt: "For the Yupiaq people, culture, knowing and
living are intricately interrelated. Living in a harsh environment
requires
a vast array of precise
empirical knowledge to survive the many risks due to conditions
such as unpredictable
weather and marginal food availability. To avoid starvation they
must employ a variety of survival strategies, including appropriate
storage of foodstuffs that they can fall back on during the time
of need. Their food gathering and storage must be efficient as
well as effective. If this were not so, how could they possibly
hope to
survive? To help them achieve this balance, they have developed
an outlook of nature as metaphysic. "
A
History of Schooling for Alaska Native People
Carol Barnhardt
Excerpt: "This article documents significant historical
events and trends that have helped to shape the policies and practices
of education in Alaska, particularly those that have most directly
impacted the schooling of Alaska Native people. The following information
is provided: (1) an overview of the Alaska context; (2) a review
of federal policies that have directly affected education in Alaska;
and (3) a historical analysis of the evolution of schooling for
Alaska Native people, including the development of a dual federal/territorial
system of schools, and the initiation of a range of federal and
state reform efforts. The current status of schooling in Alaska
is briefly described."
John
Collier, Jr.: Anthropology, Education and the Quest for Diversity
Ray Barnhardt
Excerpt: "In any field of endeavor, there are those who contribute
by working within the conventions of the field, and those who
contribute by introducing new
dimensions that transcend the conventions and bring to bear new ways of thinking
and doing
things. John Collier, Jr. was not one to be encumbered by convention, but
rather was able to draw upon a unique combination of life experiences, shaped
in part
by some severe physical handicaps, to make significant methodological and
conceptual contributions to the field of anthropology and education. In the
following
account,
I will attempt to document the evolution of those contributions and illustrate
the continuing significance of his work in demonstrating the role visual
data can play in a cultural analysis of the interplay between education,
communication and ethnicity."
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