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    The cornerstone on Troth Yeddha': stories of Alaska Native college students

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    Author
    Itoh, Taiyo
    Chair
    Topkok, Sean Asiqluq
    Committee
    Green, Carie
    Hogan, Maureen
    Hyslop, Polly
    Keyword
    Alaska Native college students
    interviews
    higher education
    Alaska Natives
    minorities in higher education
    discrimination in higher education
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    http://hdl.handle.net/11122/11275
    Abstract
    Since the late 19th century, higher education has played three different roles in the Alaska Native rights movement: nurturing Native political leaders towards the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (1891-1971), teaching Alaska Native peoples how to manage their land and resources (1971-1990), and developing Native academic leadership from within universities (1991-2013). The previous studies revealed Alaskan universities' inadequate and discriminatory responsesto Alaska Native peoples' educational needs/wants after the 1960s, and further identified a wide range of factors affecting Alaska Native college students' academic achievement and wellbeing. The historical examination and the literature review collectively delineate Alaska Native peoples' experiences with universities in the past. In order to understand the status quo of Alaska Native higher education, three Alaska Native college students were interviewed about their college experiences and thoughts on higher education during the spring of 2019. All three students mentioned the benefit of having an Indigenous community on campus, and giving back as a reason to pursue postsecondary education. Each student also had a unique perspective that the other students did not share, which included the importance of Alaska Native language courses for cultural well-being, place identity crisis caused by the relocation from a home village to an urban campus, and the prejudice against the services Alaska Native college students receive. These findings can be used as a starting point for a discussion on how to improve higher education for future generations of Alaska Native peoples. As the very persons experiencing the long-standing effect of colonization, Alaska Native college students have a strong power to transform higher education. Hearing their stories is the key to achieving multicultural higher education and creating an equitable society in Alaska.
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    Thesis (M.Ed.) University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2020
    Table of Contents
    Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: History of higher education and Alaska Native Peoples -- 2.1. Introduction: education in Alaska -- 2.2. Political leadership toward ANCSA (1891-1971) -- 2.3. Inadequate responses to educational needs ( 1971-1990) -- 2.4. Politics to academia (1990-2013) -- 2.5. Conclusion: reclaiming ownership. Chapter 3: Research on Alaska Native higher education -- 3.1 Purposes and focus of literature review -- 3.2. Educational policy analysis -- 3.3. Academic successe research -- 3.4. Psychological research -- 3.5. Summary of the literature review. Chapter 4. Alaska Native College student voices -- 4.1. Needs for hearing their voices -- 4.2. Aims and research questions -- 4.3 Methodology -- 4.3.1. Student voice -- 4.3.2. Decolonizing methodologies -- 4.3.3. Collective case study -- 4.4. Recruitment and participants -- 4.5. Method -- 4.6. Voices -- 4.6.1. Elitnauryaraq: pursuing education -- 4.6.2. Community & keeping my heart at home -- 4.6.3. Thanks & keep up the good work -- 4.7. Discussion. Chapter 5: Conclusion -- References -- Appendix.
    Date
    2020-05
    Type
    Thesis
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