When the North Was Red : Aboriginal Education in Soviet Siberia.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (155 pages)
- McGill-Queen's Indigenous and Northern Studies ; v.11 .
- McGill-Queen's Indigenous and Northern Studies .
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Map -- 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 -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
Dennis Bartels and Alice Bartels trace the development of Soviet policy towards Aboriginal peoples from 1917 to 1989. Focusing on educational and social policies and practices, When the North Was Red reveals the problems encountered by Native peoples in Siberia and provides insights into Aboriginal issues facing other nations.