"indigenous languages"

With social media, people have the opportunity to project their best selves. We pick and choose what we share and how we share it.

The decline of many of Alaska’s indigenous languages happened during the era of boarding schools and missionaries.

More and more Alaska Natives are choosing to use their Native-language names on social media, at work and in their everyday lives.

Hawaii and Southeast Alaska have something in common when it comes to indigenous languages.

“We have this opportunity to save a language and time is of the essence for us to collectively act,” said Megan Alvanna-Stimpfle, vice chief of the King Island Tribal Council

In Alaska, the number of fluent Haida speakers has dwindled down into the single digits. It’s been called an endangered language. But in Juneau, one group is trying to change that.

Entering the maximum security prison — with its checkpoints, razor wire barricades, metal detectors and armed guards—it’s hard to imagine an art class. Until you get to the library.

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