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Peer reviewedDucker, James H. – American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 1996
In the early 1900s, the Alaskan Bureau of Education tried to lure the Inupiat away from "corrupting" white mining communities and encourage settlement of new Native communities by erecting schools in areas isolated from white influence. The Inupiat's interest in Western education plus the opportunity to maintain traditional subsistence…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Alaska Natives, American Indian Education, Cultural Maintenance
