The Revitalization of the Qargi, the Traditional Community House, as an Educational Unit of the Inupiat Community / Edna Ahgeak MacLean.

In many Inupiat communities the traditional meeting house, the "qargi," was the first institution to vanish as churches and schools became the dominant forces of change. At present, the Inupiat elders have no responsibility for the formal education of the young Inupiat. The educational environment o...

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