https://www.air.org/resource/essa-and-native-american-alaska-native-and-native-hawaiian-students – Source discussing the Every Student Succeeds Act and the effect of boarding schools on the loss of Native Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Native Alaskans
I am currently in a Native American religions course this semester and, in our discussions, we briefly talked about Native Hawaiian religions, the culture, and language. There are many similarities of treatment of the Native Hawaiian and Native American cultures and languages by the United States. Many Native Americans and Native Hawaiians were sent to boarding schools to learn English and were greatly discouraged from speaking their native language. Consequently, many Native tribes and Native Hawaiians have lost their language or are just beginning to recover and relearn their language.