Kax̱dig̱oowu Héen refers to a part of the Mendenhall River. And could soon be used to refer to the elementary school that sits on its banks in Juneau’s Mendenhall Valley.
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Lifting up Lingít at the Séet Ká Festival in Petersburg
Petersburg’s Indigenous name is Séet Ká Kwáan. It means people of the fast moving waters, referring to the Wrangell Narrows in front of town.
Juneau community mourns missing and murdered Indigenous people: ‘One of our strengths is our voices’
About 30 people gathered on Monday night to share their stories and sing to their missing loved ones.
Juneau woman uses TikTok to raise awareness of her mom’s missing persons case
On Valentine’s Day in 2019, Kaelyn Schneider’s mom Tracy Day went missing in Juneau. And for a long time, Schneider felt like her mom’s story disappeared, too.
Rifts widen over Yakutat village corporation’s expanded logging
Yakutat’s mayor says she’s concerned that area’s forestland is being sold too quickly.
Rasmuson fellow will use award for a film script, in Lingít, about dark history of Native boarding school
Twitchell says this dark chapter in history has recently pushed into the mainstream consciousness, but he’s heard stories for years.
It’s not a typo: Why we are using ‘Lingít’ instead of ‘Tlingit’
KTOO supports the normalization and familiarization of the Lingít language.
Native-designed Raven Story postage stamp enters circulation with ceremony in Juneau
A ceremony in Juneau celebrated the first stamp ever designed by a Lingít artist and the importance of the design and its story to the people who live in Lingít Aaní today.
Indigenous creators hope to share history, cultural art forms through first-ever Tlingit opera
Sealaska Heritage Institute recently announced the opera’s development which will be based on the true story of the Tlingit-Russian War in 1802 and 1804.
SHI and UAS partner on immersive scholarship program to train up more Native language educators
If all goes as planned, eight more scholars will selected this summer and enrolled in the fall into the second year of the immersive program. Come 2022, a total of 16 people should be certified by the state to teach Lingít, Xaad Kíl or Sm’algyax.