Yupik language instruction in Gambell (Saint Lawrence Island, Alaska)

• Published in: Études/Inuit/Studies
• Main Author: Koonooka, Christopher Petuwaq
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Association Inuksiutiit Katimajiit Inc. 2005
• Subjects: Études/Inuit/Studies; Île Saint-Laurent; Siberian Yupik; Yupik; Alaska
• Online Access: http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/013944ar; https://doi.org/10.7202/013944ar

The first part of the paper is about the current status of Yupik language instruction in Gambell, Saint Lawrence Island (Alaska). Problems began after key supporters and teachers left the successful Yupik language program in Gambell schools which had been running for at least 25 years. Federal and s...