After the intense Molly Hootch case, the education of Alaska Natives improved drastically. Over the twentieth century, Alaska Natives were originally seen as ignorant and uncivilized. In the early twentieth century, the federal and Alaska state government funded schools in the villages to improve the image of the Alaska Native people. Alaska: Our Northern Wonderland written by Frank Carpenter in 1928, states that the goal was to teach “self-government and making them American citizens.” Education was to be the key to social, cultural, and moral development in these people of the north. Even though this seemed like an amazing opportunity for Native Alaskans, it began to hinder them. Children who wanted an education after eighth grade had …show more content…
In A long Way From Home, Christopher Cooke’s and Molly Hootch’s concern about racial discrimination towards Alaska Natives, lead to high schools being built in villages throughout …show more content…
Rosemary Shinohara’s article Charter school becomes a success story, written on December 26, 2011, tells us about the public charter school on Muldoon Road. Although this school had a rough beginning because of the lack of funding, the school has experienced a lot of success. Within one year there was a 36 percent increase of the number of third-third graders who passed the state reading test. Charter school becomes a success story tells us another success story about Annabelle Snyder, explaining how “she’s really improved in reading” since coming to the charter school. Charter school becomes a success written by Rosemary Shinohara explains how important and helpful to Alaska Native children that they recieve both an education and lessons about their ancestors. Although Alaska Native ancestors were very resourceful, education provided by the government has expanded Alaska Native childrens’