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 ...

Twenty-three Alaska Native languages have been recognized alongside English as official Alaska state languages for a decade, but until this month there was no measure by which its schools could gauge ...

According to the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Alaska Native languages were the second-most common language for Alaskans 65 and older and for youth ages 5-17.

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 ...

Rep. Andi Story, D-Juneau, speaks during a House Education Committee meeting on May 3, 2024. (Eric Stone/Alaska Public Media) A bill adding more Indigenous languages to Alaska’s official list became ...

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 ...

Printmaker Gidinatiy Hartman sits at a market table with their prints for sale on Oct. 19, 2024. Hartman, who grew up in Alaska and now lives in St. Paul, is Deg Xitʼan, an Indigenous Athabaskan ...

Native Alaskan language scholars say the name Denali had been used by Indigenous people for thousands of years for the tallest mountain in North America, found in Alaska. The mountain’s name ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As Native language programs flourish in classrooms, Indian centers, tribal meeting rooms and online, President Donald Trump issued ...