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 ...

JUNEAU Alaska (Reuters) - Alaska's governor signed a bill on Thursday to officially recognize the state's 20 indigenous languages in a symbolic move that gives a nod to tribal efforts to save Native ...

Gov. Bill Walker signed an administrative order Sunday in Juneau officially declaring a linguistic emergency for Alaska Native languages. The order recognizes the threat faced by Indigenous languages ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The class assignment was to write a letter to anyone they wanted. In Lingít. Eechdaa Dave Ketah chose his late grandmother, the ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Britt’Nee Brower grew up in a largely Inupiat Eskimo town in Alaska’s far north, but English was the only language spoken at home. A new Inupiaq language option recently went live ...

If you're inclined, you could soon speak Tlingit, Inupiaq, or Siberian Yupik in Alaska with the knowledge that those and 18 other languages... If you're so inclined, and able, you could soon speak ...

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Every official ballot cast in Alaska this election will be printed in English. But for voters whose primary language isn’t English, they will likely find assistance in a familiar tongue. “This work ...

Two Alaska brothers are bringing Alaska Native languages further into the digital world. Reid and Grant Magdanz launched an iPhone app last week called Chert. It allows you to add a keyboard to your ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In a groundbreaking announcement, Alaska Airlines has unveiled its latest artistic masterpiece, ‘Xáat Kwáani’ (Salmon People), an ...

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