When the North was red : aboriginal education in Soviet Siberia

Book 1995

An anthropologist and an ethnologist tell the story of the interaction between aboriginal culture and Soviet education and social policies and practices through the entire period from 1917 to 1989. They show the varying success of the Soviet determination to protect native languages and occupations while allowing people to participate in socialist institutions such as schools, collective farms, and the Communist Party. For the final years, they d...

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Indigenous peoples Education Russia (Federation) Siberia

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McGill-Queen's native and northern series McGill-Queen's native and northern series ; 11 McGill-Queen's native and northern series, ISSN: 1181-7453 McGill-Queen's native and northern series, ISSN: 1181-7453 ; 11

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ISBN:

9780773513365
0773513361

Description:

xiv, 126 pages : illustrations, 1 map ; 24 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-122) and index

Contents:

Approaches to Soviet policy towards Northern and Far Eastern Peoples
Pre-revolutionary conditions
Early Soviet policy
Stalin and after
Northern education during the 1980s
Perestroika, the Association of Northern Peoples, and the end of the USSR
Postscript: Some comparisons between Soviet and Canadian policy towards Aboriginal Peoples
Appendix 1: Occupational data on families of FPNR students
Appendix 2: Benefits for students at the Herzen Pedagogical Institute, 1981-82
Appendix 3: Graduates of the faculty of Peoples of Northern Regions, 1952-65
Appendix 4: Curricula and required work for FPNR programs 1981-82
Index

LCCN:

97114263

Control Number:

2918632

Other Authors:

Bartels, Alice

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