This comprehensive illustrated volume presents a wide ranging picture of the schooling of Alaska Native children from past to present. It explores the histories of education philosophies and their effect on Alaska Native students, details the situation of the many rural schools serving this population, and offers proposals for improvement.
Conflicting Landscapes
American Schooling/Alaska Natives
by Clifton Bates, and Michael J. Oleksa
Imprint: University of Alaska Press
Clifton Bates has been involved in Alaska Native education for more than thirty years as a teacher, school district administrator, and university professor.
Michael J. Oleksa has taught Alaska Native history and cross-cultural communications at Alaska Pacific University and all three main campuses of the University of Alaska system. He is the author of several books, including Another Culture/Another World.

Details
- Paperback Price: $21.95
- Paperback ISBN: 978-1-57833-396-7
- Publication Month: February
- Publication Year: 2011
- Pages: 264
- Illustrations: 35
- Discount Type: Trade
- Author: by Clifton Bates, and Michael J. Oleksa
- ECommerce Code: 9781578333967
- Member Institution Access: Member Institution Access