Alaska Studies News Today

The Alaska House of Representatives is considering a Senate bill that would require high school students to take a civics class or pass a test to receive their diploma.

Homer Public Library hosted 6 weeks of community reading

A Chugiak High freshman biology class butchered a moose recently after their teacher used a cultural education permit to harvest the animal.

The Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District will celebrate Kaaxal.gat Elizabeth Peratrovich with special lesson plans and schoolwide assemblies that explore the Alaska Native civil rights leaders legacy Thursday, the State

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Combining comic art, Athabascan heritage, and Smithsonian collections brings a unique, contemporary spin to traditional storytelling that’s been passed down over generations and offers new learning opportunities for today’s youth.

Meghan SullivanIndian Country Today Cordelia Qiġñaaq Kellie, Inupiaq, was 19 when she came across a pamphlet about the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. It

IMAGE: Provided A secondary education social studies major with a minor in history, Biesecker started job-hunting last spring and found that teaching jobs weren’t quite as prevalent as usual because of the havoc wreaked by COVID-19 in schools nationwide. Her student teaching supervisor, Al D’Ambrosia, an instructor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction field experiences, mentioned that people were finding jobs in Alaska. “So, I decided to take a look and see what was out there,�...