Battiste, M.  (1986, July).  Developing linguistic and cultural integrity through bilingual-bicultural education. Ourselves, our knowledge: Selected papers from the 1984 and 1986 Mokakit conferences (pp. 117-124).  Vancouver: Mokakit Indian Education Research Association.  

310 pp.  

CBU/MRC - Article #326 MRC 2003-326-1844

ISBN  0969285914, 9780969285915

Article focuses on the growth of band-operated schooling and Mi'kmaw language and cultural development in Chapel Island, a Mi'kmaw community in Nova Scotia.  Looks at the struggle to set up a school, its philosophy, programs, obstacles encountered, the role of Elders in education, funding, and the school as a means of restoring Mi'kmaw literacy to the people.