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Warren Tiffany Collection
compiled by Tom Hopkins and Sarah
Tiffany
Mumiqsalook (pdf)
Excerpt: "Warren passed away in the fall of 2009 and left
behind several documents he had written. The documents have been
made available to his daughter, Sarah, who did the initial scanning
for this electronic version of Mumiqsalook. While Mumiqsalook is
a historical document, it might also be useful in contemporary
classrooms especially with the language shift to English, which
places increased importance on the culture of the children which
remains Eskimo. "
My First
Grade Book (pdf)
Excerpt: "Warren passed away in the fall of 2009 but left behind
several documents and My First Grade Book was one of
them. While the book will probably have limited application to
the Alaskan village schools of 2011, at least this scanned version
of My First Grade Book will reflect what one educator thought appropriate
and educationally useful in the 1950's and 1960's."
Teacher's Manual
for My First Grade Book (pdf)
Excerpt: "It can be seen from the following page that the last
printing of My First Grade Book was in 1962. Now in 2011, almost
50 years later, there have no doubt been many changes in Alaska
Native village life and schools. In my day of village teaching,
1953-1956 and later at Mt. Edgecumbe High school, 1958-1963, My
First Grade Book remained a positive addition to the curriculum.
As teachers look over the book they can see that the primary
focus is social behavior which has little to do with the heavy
emphasis on academic learning we experience today. And even the
social behavior as well as teaching philosophy it reflects are
no doubt different and dated. The approach to curriculum in 1953
and 1962 was very structured and reflected tight control and attention
to detail by the teacher."
My Little Book (pdf)
Excerpt: "When Warren Tiffany wrote My Little Book in 1956 he
was an Education Specialist working out of the Nome Office of the
Bureau of Indian Affairs. At that time the BIA had curriculum guides
entitled Minimum Essential Goals for Indian Schools."
Education in Northwest Alaska (pdf)
Excerpt: "There are few histories on Alaska Native Education
that contain as much information on actual school activities and
experiences as Warren I. Tiffany
includes in this historical document. The reader will also find
many happenings not found in other histories which together paint
an educational picture starting with a foreign institution, the
school, being constructed in an Eskimo village without any explanations
and/or instructions on why it was being constructed."
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