1986: Alaska Native students get local schools

After the Bureau of Indian Affairs ceases funding 37 schools in or near Alaska Native villages and the state of Alaska balks at picking up the expense, Alaska Native students go to court to force Alaska to open 105 high schools in Alaska Native villages. In Sitka, the state eventually takes over the BIA public boarding school, Mt. Edgecumbe High School.

Theme

Federal-Tribal Relations

Region

Arctic, Northwest Coast, Subarctic