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Indigenous languages make inroads into public schools

  • Written by Mneesha Gellman, Associate Professor of Political Science, Emerson College
Indigenous languages make inroads into public schoolsJames Gensaw, a Yurok language high school teacher in far northern California, goes over some words with a student. Mneesha Gellman, Author provided

Whenever November would roll around, James Gensaw, a Yurok language high school teacher in far northern California, would get a request from a school administrator. They would always ask him to bring...

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