When the North was red : aboriginal education in Soviet Siberia

Bartels, Dennis. (Author). Bartels, Alice. (Added Author).

Summary: "Early Soviet policy towards northern native peoples was aimed at establishing aboriginal nations that retained traditional languages and occupations and included native peoples in Soviet institutions such as schools, collective farms, and the Communist Party. However, the success of these initiatives varied. While boarding schools provided new educational and occupational opportunities for aboriginal peoples, traditional occupations and native languages suffered." "Focusing on the final years of the Soviet Union, Dennis Bartels and Alice Bartels describe the efforts of aboriginal political activists to address the problem of protecting aboriginal rights in nations with large, non-aboriginal majorities and explore whether protection of traditional cultures excludes participation in the larger society. In addressing these universal issues, When the North Was Red is relevant to all nations where native peoples co-exist with non-aboriginal majorities."--BOOK JACKET.

Record details

ISBN: 9780773513365
ISBN: 0773513361
Physical Description: print
xiv, 126 p. : ill., 1 map ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Montreal ; Buffalo : McGill-Queen's University Press, c1995.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p.[115]-122) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

1. Approaches to Soviet Policy towards Northern and Far Eastern Peoples -- 2. Pre-revolutionary Conditions -- 3. Early Soviet Policy -- 4. Stalin and After -- 5. Northern Education during the 1980s -- 6. Perestroika, the Association of Northern Peoples, and the End of the USSR -- 7. 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.