Indigenous educators from across the state of Alaska have had numerous opportunities to meet cross-regionally and share issues and concerns of importance to them in their roles as educators. They first met as students of the ARTTC (Alaska Rural Teacher Training Corps) program and then as students of the X-CED (Cross-Cultural Education Development) program. With the formation of regional Native Educator Associations in the early 1990s to the present and the help of the Alaska Rural Systemic Initiative they continue to meet within their regional associations and in statewide Native educators conferences. As indigenous educators they have paved new trails in curriculum development, Academy of Elders camps and many other initiatives.