Yupiit Schools in Southwest Alaska: Instruments for Asserting Native Identity and Control
This essay argues that the Yupiit people of Southwest Alaska have transformed andare transforming formal institutions such as schools into instruments of Indigenous1self-identity and self-governance. These efforts are conceptualized as both external andinternal to education, but are nevertheless dev...
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ftubcjournals:oai:ojs.library.ubc.ca:article/196542 2023-05-15T18:46:01+02:00 Yupiit Schools in Southwest Alaska: Instruments for Asserting Native Identity and Control Torralba, Jose A. 2021-12-10 application/pdf http://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/CJNE/article/view/196542 https://doi.org/10.14288/cjne.v35i1.196542 eng eng UBC Faculty of Education http://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/CJNE/article/view/196542/191538 http://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/CJNE/article/view/196542 doi:10.14288/cjne.v35i1.196542 Copyright (c) 2021 Canadian Journal of Native Education Canadian Journal of Native Education; Vol. 35 No. 1 (2012) 0710-1481 10.14288/cjne.v35i1 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article 2021 ftubcjournals https://doi.org/10.14288/cjne.v35i1.196542 https://doi.org/10.14288/cjne.v35i1 2023-01-04T07:51:12Z This essay argues that the Yupiit people of Southwest Alaska have transformed andare transforming formal institutions such as schools into instruments of Indigenous1self-identity and self-governance. These efforts are conceptualized as both external andinternal to education, but are nevertheless developmentally related to each other, beingthat external changes lead to internal ones. The mechanisms of such resistance effortsconsists of: (a) increasing socio-political participation in key economic aspects of theregion; (b) place-based and cultural-based pedagogies driving school curricular reforms;and (c) strong efforts to incorporate Yupiit community leaders and Elders into the design and functioning of local schools. Article in Journal/Newspaper Yupiit Alaska Open Access Journal Hosting (University of British Columbia) |
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This essay argues that the Yupiit people of Southwest Alaska have transformed andare transforming formal institutions such as schools into instruments of Indigenous1self-identity and self-governance. These efforts are conceptualized as both external andinternal to education, but are nevertheless developmentally related to each other, beingthat external changes lead to internal ones. The mechanisms of such resistance effortsconsists of: (a) increasing socio-political participation in key economic aspects of theregion; (b) place-based and cultural-based pedagogies driving school curricular reforms;and (c) strong efforts to incorporate Yupiit community leaders and Elders into the design and functioning of local schools. |
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Yupiit Schools in Southwest Alaska: Instruments for Asserting Native Identity and Control |
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Yupiit Schools in Southwest Alaska: Instruments for Asserting Native Identity and Control |
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Yupiit Schools in Southwest Alaska: Instruments for Asserting Native Identity and Control |
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Yupiit Schools in Southwest Alaska: Instruments for Asserting Native Identity and Control |
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Yupiit Schools in Southwest Alaska: Instruments for Asserting Native Identity and Control |
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yupiit schools in southwest alaska: instruments for asserting native identity and control |
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UBC Faculty of Education |
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2021 |
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