This article has been updated to correct the portion of the state represented by Rep. David Eastman. A bill by a Juneau legislator adding three Alaska Native languages to those officially recognized ...

The main University of Alaska Southeast campus is located near Auke Bay in Juneau. (Photo by Bridget Dowd/KTOO) University of Alaska Southeast will offer some Alaska Native language classes for free, ...

FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — Native studies officials at the University of Alaska Fairbanks are praising efforts to reauthorize federal legislation funding immersion programs for Native American languages ...

Native language experts are urging the state to declare a "linguistic emergency," and work with tribes to open a discussion about the endangerment of indigenous languages. In a report to both the ...

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 ...

To X̱’unei Lance Twitchell, this phrase from the Native language Lingít speaks to the connection between the language and the land where the Tlingit people have historically lived. In a March 16 class ...

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 ...

Fifth and sixth grade teacher Veronica Simons (center) from the Lower Kuskokwim School District in Bethel, Alaska, spoke to students Ava Rodriguez and Jeferson Yaxal about their worksheets in a ...

Alaska Insight is supported in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and by viewers just like you. Thank you. For indigenous Alaskans, language and culture is at the heart of self-identity ...

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 ...