NATIVE AMERICAN LANGUAGE SURVIVAL SCHOOLS: DR. MICHAEL E. KRAUSS

From: Congressional Testimony | Date: May 15, 2003 | Copyright information


Congressional Testimony

05-15-2003

Statement of Dr. Michael E. Krauss, Founding Director Alaska Native Language
Center Dr. Lawrence D. Kaplan, Director Committee on Senate Indian Affairs
May 15, 2003 Since its founding in 1972 by Michael Krauss, the Alaska Native
Language Center has been committed to the study and documentation of Alaska's
twenty Native languages and is also involved in efforts to revitalize and
perpetuate them. It is an accepted fac...

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