The Tlingit language includes 50 letters, including some sounds that are not found in other languages. A new online tool, plus a note-card-and-audio system, is aimed at helping children learn the ...

A new app, Tlingit Games, brings you into the world of wildlife. Choose “Birds!” and you watch hummingbirds, kingfishers and Stellar’s Jays fly in and out of a wooded scene of other birds. Press any ...

I was afraid. I sat down in the small chair, my knees bent upward. I set a few stuffed animals, a set of color cards, and a cheat sheet on the round table in front of me. I cleared my throat. Four ...

This isn’t a class, and there is no teacher. About 15 people are participating in a Tlingit language workshop at the Juneau Public Library on a Monday night. The group of Natives and non-Natives are ...

Language student Roby Littlefield with fluent Tlingit speaker Bessie Cooley at the Sealaska Heritage Institute’s 2003 immersion camp in Sitka, Alaska. (Courtesy Sealaska Heritage Institute / Alaska ...

The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Wooden totems ...