4OCUMENT'RESRME ED 209f' 039 RC 013 004 AUTHOR Pulu, Tupou I.:: Pope, Nary-L. TITLE Atautchilukta: Let Us All Cone Together. A Report of , ) '' the Annual Bilingual-MaticulturalEducation -%Conference (7thelinchorage, Alaska, February17-19, t '.1981). ,% INSTITUTION .11aska State DeptofEducationeviuneau. SPONS AGENCY Bureau of Elementary and. Secondary Education'. 4 , - (DHEW/OE), Washington, D.C.-Dial. of Bilingual , ,Education.. ., PUB DATE .- -81 . GRANT 4 _ G008002858 . .. 'NOTE 70p:: For related docui6nts,see ED \204 047 and RC . 013 002. Photor graphs will not se-produceclearly. 4,, f , EDRS, PRICE MF01/FC03 Plut Postage. bEtCRIPTORS ilaska'Natives; American IndianCulture;American Indfan Education; AiericanIndians;.AsIan Americans; *Bilingual Education; Cdmmunity Involvement; *Community Role; Cultural Activities; Elementary Secondary Education; Eskimos; *Ethtic Groups:- -,/- ,..- --Intercultural ProgramsetpulticuituralEdacation;' Parent Role; Program Development; Program Implementation; School Personnel; *Staff, Zoie;. Student Participation; Tribes; tWorkshopd , t IDENTIFIffiq, *Alaska; Cultural Arts - ABSTRACT - Sponsored by the Alaska Department Of Edudation and supported by 25 additional organiutions andschool districts, the Seventh Annual Bilinglial:.Multicuttural%EducationConference (1981) was a major activity of t4e Department,designed to _provide training assistance to all 'persons involved inbilingual-bicultural education prooramf. The ponference theme, "Let 'us All CompTogether," was useA to emphisize the important roles of parents,. elders,school epttsonnel, and'students in developing and implementingstrong bilingual-bicultutal-taucatiOnprograms in Alaska. Over 50 workstops -were offered to help'the ahove groups to participatemore fully in `bilingual education programs at the communityand school district levels. In additiot to titeiorishops and Addresses,there were 17 presentations of the arts of most of Alaska's .majorethnic groups. ,Those 'presentations intluded dances,songs, shows' of ethnic costuAes, and displays of various art forms. The repottis illustrated with numerous phoographO of participantsand activities. (Author/CM) 0 ( , 6 7 414441011*****;4141*******30011*4141*414141***30011*414141*300114141*****4141*1141M11*4141***41#** * Reproductions sleplied by EDRSare the best that can be made * I * iP ; from the original document. * ******;*********4;******4**************************************4*******,,. , d. Atautchimukta LetUsAll Come Together. ,1t212223 atA 54, OCT 1981. ERIC/CREss &.-' c'. RECEIVED, a . , A Report of the (S)9g4-g-C, Seventh Annual Bilingual-Multicultural/ Education Conference February 11-19; 1981, I. Prepared by Tupou L. Pulu . and -, Mary L. Pope For the Alaska State 'Department of Education Marshall Lind, Commissioner Michael Trairis, EdUcatfon, Specialist for Bilingual-Bicultural Programs yp, ' ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We wish tit exPress our deepest thanks to the following people who made it possible for us to complete this report of the Seventh Annual. Bilingual-Multicdtural Education Conference: Judith Strohmaier and her staff for data and other necessary information, Mike Travis for addition'? information, identification of pictures, and editing, and Ron Eagle forithepictures. We would also like to say thakany errors found in this report eq. strictly our own especially the transcriptions of the speeches. We made them directly from the recorded tapes and this proved to be a difficult task since there ylas a high level of noise on the tapes which made it almost impossible to hear some of them. We apologize for any misquotes which we may have comeup--- with. We hope that through the reading of this report, a better idea of the activities of the Con- /erence will be gained. National Bilingual Materials Development Center Tupou L. Pulu . Anchorage, Alaska Mary L. Pope May 21, 1981 1 INTRODUCTION During the school year 1980-81, twenty-eight of Alaska's fifty-two school districts implementedbilingual-bicul- tural education programs. These programs were transitional, full,or partial maintenance in nature, or they pro- vided for the teaching orsupplementary English skills and concepts. In all,over 8,500 students from fifty-six dif- ferent language backgrounds were served by bilingual-bicultural educationprograms supported through the Alaska Public School Foundation SupportProgramat a level of approximately $8.4 million. The Seventh Annual bilingual-Multicultural Education Confer e, sponsored by the Department of Edqgation and supported by twenty-five add itionakrganizationsand school ditiricts, wasa major activity_of the Department of Ethicdtion in providing training assistance to all persons involved in .bilingda.1-bicultural educationprograms. The conference theme, "Let Us All Come Together", was used to emphasize the important roles ofparents, elders, school personnel and students in developing and implementing strong bilingua -bicultural education piogramsin Alaska. Over fifty workshops were offered to help the above groups CO more filly participate in bilingual educa- tion programs at the community and school district levels. The joyous celebration of Alaska's multicultural population was made possible througli seventeen presentations . of the arts of most of our major.ethnic groups: These presentations included cances,songs, shows of ethnic cos- tumes and displays of various art forms. The Department of Education hopes that this report will enable all of thoseho participated in the conference to reflect upon what was learned and shared. It also hopes that thii report will help to keep the spirit of "sharing in our children's education: alive for everyone who attended the conference, For our friends who could not attend the Conference, the Department hopes that this.report will help demon- strate the strength and growth of bilingual-bicultural education when we all come together. Mike Travis Conference Chairperion O Statement of Nondiscrimination: It is,the policy of the Alaska Stale. Liepartment ofducation to provide equal educational and employment opportunities and to provide services and benefits to all students and efriployees without regard to race, colgr, religion, national origin, sex, age, physical handicap, or veteran status. This policy is in a ordance with tha.laws enforced by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare and the Department of Labor, includingresidential Executive Order 11246'as amended, Title VI and VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, Title IX of the Education Amen men rof 1972, Title 41, parts 60-1. 60-2, 60-3, and 60-50, Sections 799A and 845 of the Public Health Service Act, wherg,applic.able, Section. 504'of the Rehabilitation Act, and Alaska Statute 18.80.220:Inquiries regarding the application Of these and other regulations should be direitod to either the Affirmative Action Officer of the State Department.of Education or lo the Office off' Civil Rights, Department, of Health, Education, and Welfare. Washington D.C. I U1 This conference was supported-by the ollowingorganizations: Alaska Department of Education, Adult ajdContinuing Education Alaska Department of Education, Community Education Alaska Department of Education, Vocational Education Alaska Native Language Center,. Rural Education, University of Alaska . Alaska Pacific University Alaska State Council on the Arts Anchorage *ha:if District Bilingual Education 'Center, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bethel Center for Bilingtial Education, Northwegt RegionalEducational Lab. Center for Cross-Cultural Education, University of Alaska,Fairbanks Cross-Cultural Education Development,Program, University of Alaska,Fairbanks Early Childhood .C4pordination Project. Easter Seal, Society of Alaska Fairban ks North Star Borough School .District Iditarod Area School District Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Kodiak Area Native Association Kuskokwim Community College r ; Lower Kuskokwim School District Lower Yukon School District NANA Development Corporation National Bilingual Materials Development Center Ntirth Slope Borough School District Northwest Arctic School District TESO United Bank Alaska United Indians of All Tribes, Resource and Evaluation Center, Seattle University of Alaska, President's Office University of Washington, Bilingual EducationService Center for Alaska and the Northwest Western Regional Resource Center Special thanks are extended to thefollowing organizations and other individuals who provided entertainment and special helpwith the conference: Alaska Gateway-SchooIDistrict Copper River Native Association.' Anchorage School District Filipino Community of Anchorage Bering Strait School District Japanese Community of Anchorage Cook Inlet Native Association Lower Yukon School District North Slope Borough School District Yukon-Koyukuk School District '. Elaine 'Abraham, ACC Mark Daughhetee, DOE - Sandy Fondy, Anchorage School District G. Gissberg, Anchorage School District Marge Hermans, DOE Marlene Johnson, CINA Edna Lamebull, Anchorage School Distrjet Judy Ramos Jade Vittoiie, Anchorage School District Tunik's Barrow Dance Group Copper River Dancers Filipino Community offtAnfhorage Gambell Dancers I. Hooper Bay School banters North way Dancers .Savoonga Dancers 4 o --....00- , 4 This project has been supported, by fundsfrom the followingsources: Title VII ESEA Grant #0008002858 to theAlSska State Department of Education Alaska State General Funds to the Alaska \..... State Department of 'Education Although' the activities thatare summarized in this publicationwere carried out with