Native American Culture

The Yupiaq

Native Education

Flat-Iron, Oglala Sioux chief

From Wakan-tanka, the Great Mystery, comes all power. It is from Wakan-Tanka that the holy man has widsom and the power to heal . . .

EDUCATION

Western education

mechanistic

linear

to make political, social, and economic “progress”

Goal: better quality of life

Yupiaq learning

harmonious

integrated

stories

thoughtful examples

Multicultural Education

Language

literature

geography

religion

history

art

Goal: Bicultural competence

From: Elderling, L.. 1996. Ant & Ed Quarterly 27(3):86-92

Goals of the Book

Consequences of contact

Adaptation of a community

Develop culturally relevant traditional activities

Integrate traditions into ways of knowing

What is the Alaska Native Worldview? Group discussion pp. 8-11 pp. 12-18 para 2. Pp 18-24 Pp 24-34 Present to class