Authenticity and identity: Lessons from indigenous language education

This essay introduces this theme issue, which examines how notions of ident ity and authenticity are defined and negotiated in different contexts of in digenous language education in Alaska, California, Hawai'i, and the Solomon Islands. The introductory article situates these case studies within the l arger context of other language/culture-minority groups who are attempting to maintain or revitalize their heritage languages, language varieties, and cultural practices through educational endeavors.