According to the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Alaska Native languages were the second-most common language for Alaskans 65 and older and for youth ages 5-17.

X’unei Lance Twitchell teaches an advanced Tlingít course at University of Alaska Southeast on April 29, 2024. (Photo by Claire Stremple/Alaska Beacon) Before Monday evening’s advanced Tlingít ...

Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) has launched a new online dictionary that allows users to search for words and phrases in Lingít (Tlingit language), X̱aad Kíl (Haida language), Shm’algyack ...

Tlingit language students now have greater access to lesson plans designed for at-home learning through a digital language course.

When Alaska students learn to read in English, they aim to meet specific expectations and standards that measure their proficiency. Yet when they learn to read in their Alaska Native language — many ...

A small group of Nenana-area residents circulated through the Nenana City School library Friday evening to pick up a blend of language and the latest in drone curriculum. A handful of children engaged ...

A group of 14 Indigenous educators in Alaska is proposing new standards for how Alaska Native languages — some of which are on the verge of dying out — are taught in the state. In January, the Alaska ...

Annauk Olin, holding her daugher Tulġuna T'aas Olin, and Rochelle Adams pose on March 20, 2024, after giving a presentation on language at the Alaska Just Transition Summit in Juneau. (Photo by Yereth ...

Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin. Alaska has become the second state, after Hawaii, to recognize indigenous languages as official state ...

Before Monday evening’s advanced Tlingít language class, Raven Svenson and her classmate discussed how to conjugate the verb “boil” in the context of cooking. The University of Alaska Southeast class ...

Before Monday evening’s advanced Tlingít language class, Raven Svenson and her classmate discussed how to conjugate the verb “boil” in the context of cooking. The University of Alaska Southeast class ...