Alaska Native Education

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hammerSealaska Heritage Institute
Sealaska Heritage Institute produces Native language curriculum and other education tools through its Language and Education Programs. The institute encourages students and teachers to use its online resources to perpetuate and revitalize Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian languages.
http://www.sealaskaheritage.org/programs/language_resources.htm

lightbulbhammerAlaska Native Knowledge Network
Resources for compiling and exchanging information related to
Alaska Native knowledge systems and ways of knowing.
http://ankn.uaf.edu/


lightbulbNative Ways of Knowing and the Curriculum
Alaska’s Department of Education and Early Development’s website
http://www.eed.state.ak.us/TLS/FRAMEWORKS/langarts/2strtpnt.htm#assessment


lightbulbhammerAlaska Native Knowledge Network - resources for compiling and exchanging information related to Alaska Native knowledge systems and ways of knowing.
http://ankn.uaf.edu/index.html


lightbulbhammerAlaskool – online materials about Alaska Native history, education, languages & cultures
http://www.alaskool.org/


lightbulbAlaska Literacy Report – In 2004, the Alaska Native Policy Center at First Alaskans Institute developed a research project to identify Pre-K through 3rd Grade literacy programs operating throughout Alaska. Literacy Programs were surveyed and eleven characteristics of literacy programs were described. This link will provide you with the eleven characteristics and a link to download the report.
http://www.firstalaskans.org/593.cfm


lightbulbNational Indian Education Study: Part I: The Performance of American Indian and Alaska Native Fourth- and Eighth-Grade Students on NAEP 2005 Reading and Mathematics Assessments - This report presents the performance results of American Indian/Alaska Native students at grades 4 and 8 on the 2005 National Assessment of Educational Progress in reading and mathematics for the nation, for regions, and for selected states.
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2006463


lightbulbNational Indian Education Study: Part II: The Educational Experiences of Fourth- and Eighth-Grade American Indian and Alaska Native Students - This report presents results from a national survey, conducted in 2005, that examined the educational experiences of American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) students in grades 4 and 8, with particular emphasis on the integration of native language and culture into school and classroom activities.
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2007454


lightbulbJournal of American Indian Education - 2006 special issues on Native American Student Achievement, Native Teachers and Alaska Math in Cultural Context Project)
http://jaie.asu.edu/vols.html


lightbulbAlaska Native Student Vitality: Community Perspectives on Supporting Student Success (published by First Alaskans Institute, 2006) - two former First Alaskans interns have taken on the task of analyzing the characteristics of culturally sensitive educational systems that serve Native students effectively.
http://www.firstalaskans.org/690.cfm