Shiggoap Alfie Price is a language learner and teacher who believes in using the power of community to strengthen the language revitalization movement.
"Lingit"
Sealaska Heritage Institute releases new apps for learning endangered Indigenous languages
It’s SHI’s first attempt at putting X̱aad Kíl, the Haida language, and Shm’algyack, the Tsimshian language, in app form.
Lingít scholars document traditional hand gestures that could be used in language learning
The researchers say this gesture system could allow language learners to use less English to fill in blanks in the classroom setting.
‘Kuhaantí,’ a children’s book written entirely in Lingít, is the first of its kind in decades
The book will launch on Friday in Juneau with a storytime event at Elizabeth Peratrovich Hall.
Juneau woman searches for stolen regalia, made by her grandmother
She hopes someone will recognize the regalia or come forward to Juneau police if they know anything.
Dec. 28, 2022: Best of Juneau Afternoon 2022, Part 1
This week, we’re looking back at some of our favorite interviews of the year.
Giving thanks in 3 Alaska Native languages
Thanksgiving is the forerunner of the solstice on December 21, when the sun’s rays return to warm the earth and infuse words like mahsi’choo, quyana and gunalchéesh with love, light and life.
UAS will host language panel on Indigenous Peoples’ Day
The speakers will give updates on the current status of language revitalization for all three languages, as well as what they think the future of the languages looks like.
His grandmother was forbidden to speak Lingít in school. Now, school is helping him reclaim it.
The class assignment was to write a letter to anyone they wanted. In Lingít. Eechdaa Dave Ketah chose his late grandmother, the person who spoke Lingít to him when he was growing up in Ketchikan. “And I was telling her that it’s hard learning the language at this point in my life, and one thing…
How a 150-year-old Lingít robe is inspiring Alaska’s next generation of engineers
During ANSEP’s career exploration week, high school students helped create a 3D scan of the fragile Lingít robe.