Alaska's History of Education, Land, and its People
Category: Outro
Atualizado: 18 mar 2018
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Created byKimberly Collison Sayampanathan
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Indian Citizenship Act granted citizenship to all Indigenous peoples of the United StatesBureau of Indian Affairs took over education of all American Indians and Alaska NativesFirst school established by Russians in Alaska on Kodiak IslandAlaska Territorial Department of Education establishedSheldon Jackson appointed General Superintendent for Education in AlaskaOrganic Act of 1884Alaska becomes a territorySchool system established and excluded Alaska Native childrenFederal Bureau of Education responsible for education of Alaska Native students. Defacto integrationNative Alaskan games and dances started to be integrated into schoolsMt. Edgecumbe boarding school opened in Sitka for Alaska Native studentsBureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) transfers operation of local schools over to Territory of AlaskaAlaska gets statehoodAlaska creates a state-operated school systemState abandons state run school system and transfers control to local districtsMolly Hootch settlementMolly Hootch case is filedTobeluk vs. LindAlaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA)Nelson Act of 1905 created racially segregated schools in AlaskaThe Gold RushOnly 1438 of 10,000 children were enrolled in schoolTimber Culture Act of 1891Transportation and Homestead Act of 1862 is extended to Alaska and people are allowed to homesteadAct of June 6 1900 established Civil Code and enforcement of civil rights; made provision for taxes for schoolsRussians established mission schoolsSchools transitioned from Russian control to Catholic and Protestant missionsWilliam Paul, a Tlingit leader brought a lawsuit against the Ketchikan school board for refusing to admit Alaska Native students. He won the caseThe first post-secondary school opens, later to become University of AlaskaVeniaminov translated and published several books in the Aleut language as well as the Tlingit languageThe New Archangel Seminary opens with fifty-four students.Russia sells Alaska to the US for 7.2 million dollarsSarah Dickinson, of Alaska Native descent, became an interpreter and teacher in Wrangell. Whites relied on her to translate Christian teachings to Alaska Native people.Tillie Kinnon Paul and Louis Francis Paul open a mission school in Klukwan.Southeast Alaska had Alaska Native women teachers who felt the best way to empower their people was for them to learn English and practice "white" ways.
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