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 ...

Rep. Andi Story, D-Juneau, speaks during a House Education Committee meeting on May 3, 2024. (Eric Stone/Alaska Public Media) Alaska lawmakers passed a bill last week that adds several Indigenous ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - A new study from the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development reports youth are one of the main age groups using Alaska Native languages. In the department’s ...

In the language of the Gwich’in people of northeastern Alaska, the word for month known in English as July is Łuk choo zhrii, meaning “the month of king salmon,” said Rochelle Adams, an Indigenous ...

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 ...

Lawmakers added four Alaska Native languages to the state’s official language tally and renamed the council that advocates for their survival and revitalization on Friday. Members of the Senate ...

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 ...

This is part of Alaska Authors, an occasional series about authors and other literary figures with ties to the 49th state. “Every language is important,” Victor Santos said, explaining his work as a ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska native language spelling bee set a record for the time taken to produce a winner, a report said. The Statewide Yup’ik Spelling Bee for Beginners in Anchorage April ...

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 ...