THE AKIAK "CONTRACT SCHOOL": A CASE STUDY OF REVITALIZATION IN AN ALASKAN VILLAGE
This study describes an elementary school administered by the Akiak Native Community, Alaska, under contract to the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Community members obtained the contract by exercising their rights under provisions of the 1975 Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act. Attent...
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| Format: | Dissertation |
| Language: | English |
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ProQuest Dissertations & Theses
01-01-1983
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| Summary: | This study describes an elementary school administered by the Akiak Native Community, Alaska, under contract to the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Community members obtained the contract by exercising their rights under provisions of the 1975 Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act. Attention is devoted to describing the concerns of Akiak residents that led to the contract application; to the lengthy application process; and to the second year of the school program, 1981-82, during which the fieldwork for this study was initiated. Culture change literature focusing on classical revitalization movements is reviewed and used as a perspective for examining and interpreting the Akiak Contract School project. Participants said that their contract school was one aspect of a larger process they referred to as encouraging "self-determination" and "village reawakening." The study concludes by offering an interpretation of those expressions and others used by participants to describe the contract school. |
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| ISBN: | 9798661694249 |