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As articulated by the Native educators, the Alaska Standards for CulturallyResponsive Schools point to the need for educators who: • incorporate local ways of knowing and teaching in their work. Culturally Responsive Schools for Alaska Native Students 33 • use the local environment and community resources on a regular basis to link what they are teaching to the everyday lives of the students. • participate in community events and activities in an appropriate and supportive way. • work closely with parents to achieve a high level of complementary educational expectations between home and school.

This economic redirection was aided by a number of factors. First, New Zealand is a relatively small-scale economy; it is an island state and is consequently geographically isolated with clearly defined ocean borders. Second, and perhaps more importantly, New Zealand had a new Labor (ostensibly socialist-oriented) government that was willing to implement the radical reforms necessary. The Maori population of New Zealand provides a particularly interesting case study in which to observe and understand the development of a theoretically informed resistance to the new formations of colonization embedded in the neo-liberal restructuring of education.

1995). A Yupiaq world view: A pathway to ecology and spirit. Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland Press. Stephens, S. (2000). Handbook for culturally responsive science curriculum. Fairbanks: Alaska Native Knowledge Network, University of Alaska Fairbanks. edu/handbook/ WINHEC. (2004). WINHEC accreditation handbook. Auckland, New Zealand: World Indigenous Nations Higher Education Consortium. html ALASKA STANDARDS FOR CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE SCHOOLS Cultural Standards for Students Cultural Standards for Educators Cultural Standards for the Curriculum Cultural Standards for Schools Cultural Standards for Communities Sponsored by: Alaska Federation of Natives Alaska Rural Systemic Initiative Alaska Rural Challenge Alaska Native Knowledge Network Ciulistet Research Association Association of Interior Native Educators Southeast Native Educators Association North Slope Inupiaq Educators Association Association of Native Educators of the Lower Kuskokwim Association of Northwest Native Educators Alaska Native Education Student Association Alutiiq Native Educator Association Unangan Educator Association Alaska Native Education Council Alaska Native Teachers for Excellence/Anchorage 38 Ray Barnhardt Tribal College Consortium/Ilisagvik College Alaska First Nations Research Network Center for Cross-Cultural Studies Adopted by the Assembly of Alaska Native Educators Anchorage, Alaska February 3, 1998 The following standards have been developed by Alaska Native educators to provide a way for schools and communities to examine the extent to which they are attending to the educational and cultural well-being of the students in their care.

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