Broad recommendations focus on language and a holistic approach. Others are mandated across four areas: early childhood, prekindergarten to Grade 12, post-secondary, and labour force attachment.
AlterNative, vol. 15, no. 2, June 2019, pp. 131-139
Description
Pasifika youth (aged 18-25) are interviewed in focus groups in which they express their distress about the diminishing presence of Indigenous language use and preservation, article notes that there is no comprehensive language policy to preserve these languages and that losing them has profound negative effects for the youth of culturally marginalized communities.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 26, no. 1, Spring, 2011, pp. 67-83
Description
Discusses the development of the syllabary, making reading and writing in Cherokee possible, and looks at how present-day efforts of reading and writing with the syllabary and speaking Cherokee contribute to language perseverance.