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Direct linkBreinig, Jeane – American Indian Quarterly, 2006
In this article, the author talks about the decline of fluent Alaskan Haida speakers. She features her mother's story as an example of why the Haida language is "on the brink." English language fluency as a tool for Indigenous survival is common to Native peoples, as is the desire to see languages flourish again. Alaskan Haidas…
Descriptors: Language Fluency, Economic Change, Immigrants, English (Second Language)
