This paper is the second of a three part series. Part one in Bulletin of the Hokkaido Museum of Northern Peoples 18 looks at an educational program in Kodiak, Alaska, the US to explore meanings of a connection between the participants and nature as well as an issue of identity. Part two follows the theme of part one and examines significance of a bonding with the land through a school curriculum in Russian Mission Alaska, which was conducted within a framework of place-based education. Evidence shows that by school integrating cultural values into the curriculum, students became more engaged with school work and gained confidence, and a gap of distrust between the school and community was narrowed. The initial fieldwork in 2002 was followed up five years later.
