The major focus of this study is the effect of formal education on individuals, communities, cultural traditions and values on Siberian Yupik Eskimos of Alaska. The first school on St. Lawrence Island (Sivuqaq), Alaska was founded in 1899 under the direction of Sheldon Jackson. The formal school curriculum for the next thirty years was secretarian. Upon the initial operation of formal schooling on the island, various other forms of schools have impacted the islanders of St. Lawrence. Chapter two is an overview of the background of education in Alaska from its beginning as a territory to its present status as the 49th state in the United States. Chapter three presents the history of formal schooling on St. Lawrence Island. Chapters two and three contain descriptions of various other forms of schooling within the state (i.e. Bureau of Indian Affairs, mission, state-owned) and when and how these forms either existed on the island or had an impact upon its villagers. Chapter four discusses the methodology utilized in conducting the research and fieldwork for this study. Research findings are discussed in chapter five and include verbatim transcriptions of interviews with villagers. These interviews are unedited in order for readers to draw their …

Letter from Celia to Alberta Head discussing Sally Carrigher's travels and whereabouts as well as those of other friends.

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "S OF ALASKAN HUSKIES (SEE ALSO DOGS; SLED)"

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Superior Judge Hubert Gilbert, Nome, Alaska, was in the "lower 48" Saturday to speak at the annual Law Day banquet of his alma mater, Oklahoma City University."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "It's a long hop from Carnegie to Alaska-but Hubert A. Gilbert, 44, has negotiated the hurdle, after a stop in Oklahoma City."

Report discussing the U.S. Geological Survey's investigation of possible radioactive material sources in placer-mining areas and bedrock exposures near Teller, Alaska. This investigation was done during June and July of 1946.

Report discussing the U.S. Geological Survey's investigation of radioactive materials in the Serpentine-Kougarok on the Seward Peninsula of Alaska.