Discusses the early years of Russian occupation and education on Kodiak Island, and the suppression of language and culture by the American education system.
Comments on the importance of maintaining traditional values, cultures and languages in the effort to close the academic achievement gap that can be found between Indigenous and non-Indigenous students.
Looks at the hopes, threats and dilemmas of language revitalisation programmes.
Chapter 2.7 from Linguapax Review 2010 edited by Centre UNESCO de Catalunya.
Chapter located by scrolling to page 132.