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 ...
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 ...
The Alaska Native Language Center is at a pivotal moment. Longtime researchers warn that changes in staffing and ...
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 ...
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 ...
The U.S. Department of Education is expected to award $41.3 million in grant funding through the Alaska Native Education ...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An immersion program that helps preserve an Alaska Native language has been a boon to children displaced by last month’s severe flooding in western Alaska. After Typhoon ...
U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), chair of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaiʻi), the committee’s vice chair, have introduced bipartisan legislation designed to ...
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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 ...
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