Research Article
Designing Indigenous Language Revitalization
Mary Hermes, Megan Bang and Ananda Marin
Harvard Educational Review September 2012, 82 (3) 381-402; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17763/haer.82.3.q8117w861241871j
Mary Hermes
Megan Bang

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