Legislation
Gave Native Americans the right to vote.
Indian Citizenship Act (1924)
Created under the Department of War to administer funds to the churches from the Civilization Fund Act.
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Percentage of population in Alaska that identify as Alaska Native.
~20%
20 Alaska Native languages became official languages in ____(year).
2014
There are ____ federally recognized tribes in Alaska.
229
Provided financial support to religious groups & individuals to operate schools for American Indian children.
Civilization Fund Act (1819)
First commissioner of education in Alaska.
Sheldon Jackson
Percentage of Alaska Native students in Alaska's K12 system.
~22-25%
23
There are ____ federally recognized American Indian/Alaska Native tribes.
574
Addresses removal of American Indian children from tribal communities.
Indian Child Welfare Act
The state with the most American Indian boarding schools.
Oklahoma
Collectively, the largest private employers in Alaska.
ANCSA corporations and affiliated non-profits
New (as of 2024) Alaska Native official languages include:
Cup'ig, Middle Tanana, Lower Tanana, and Wetał
Tribal eligibility used to be determined by _______ (term).
Blood quantum
Prohibits discrimination against Alaska Natives.
Alaska Equal Rights Act/Anti-Discrimination Act of 1945
Name three religious denominations that ran Native American boarding schools.
Catholic (80)
Presbyterian (21)
Quaker (15)
Episcopal (9)
Methodist (12)
Baptist (4)
Jesuit (4)
Dutch Reformed (2)
Evangelical (2)
Mennonite (2)
Protestant (2)
Anglican (1)
7th Day Adventist (1)
Unitarian (1)
First Alaska Native advocacy group in Alaska.
Alaska Native Brotherhood
An Alaska Native immersion school located in Bethel, Alaska.
Ayaprun Yup'ik Elitnaurvik
What section of the U.S. Constitution authorizes Congress to regulate commerce with Indian tribes?
Article 1, Section 8
Discovery of oil at Prudhoe Bay and Secretary Udall's land freeze facilitated this legislation.
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act
Name three places in Alaska where boarding schools were established.
Anchorage*
Anvik Mission (Christ Church)
Bethel Regional High School
Chooutla
Copper Valley
Covenant High School
Douglas Island Friends Mission School
Eklutna (Tyonek)
Fairbanks*
Friends High School
Galena*
Holy Cross
Jessee Lee
Kanakanak (Dillingham-Kanakanak)
Kodiak Aleutian Regional High School
Kosorefsky
Mount Edgecumbe**
Nenana
Nenana High School**
Nunapitsinghak Moravian Children’s Home
Palmer*
Palmer House
Pius Tenth Mission
Seward Sanitarium
Sitka Industrial Training School
(Sheldon Jackson)*
St. Mark’s Mission
St. Mary’s
Victory Bible School
Wasilla*
White Mountain
William E. Beltz School (Nome-Beltz)
Woody Island Mission and Orphanage
Wrangell Institute
Group organized in 1966 to help settle land claims.
Alaska Federation of Natives
The largest Athabascan/Dene' language in Alaska.
Gwich'in
Tribes and tribal membership indicate a legal status, and are considered domestic _____ ______.
dependent nations
Protects spiritual practices of American Indians/Alaska Natives.
American Indian Religious Freedom Act (1978)
Name three goals of early classroom/boarding school education for Alaska Natives/American Indians.
Teach American Indians to read, write and speak English;
Introduce them to “civilized” branches of knowledge;
Teach young Indians “how to work”, that is, practical skills and trades for men, and mastering the work of a “good and skillful housewife” for women;
Teach respect for the importance of private property, internalize the ideal of self-reliance, and come to realize that “the accumulation of personal wealth is a moral obligation”; and
Citizenship training to include “internalizing the national myths.”(pp. 21-22)
The only Indian reservation in Alaska is _________.
Metlakatla Indian Community
Russian impact in regions of Alaska can be measured by the number of ______ in Alaska Native languages.
loanwords
'Federally-recognized' means that the U.S. government recognizes a ___-to-______ relationship with a tribe.
government-to-government