There are only six fluent speakers of the Tsimshian language, Sm’algyax, left in Alaska. Interest in the language is on the rise, however. “I try not to dwell on those numbers because I feel like, ...

If language and health are linked, then the ten Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian language apprentices recently gathered for a talk on the subject were embarking on a journey not just to reclaim a vital ...

KTOO reporter Lyndsey Brollini reported this story as part of NextGenRadio: Indigenous, a week-long workshop from the Native American Journalists Association and NPR’s Next Generation Radio Project.

KETCHIKAN, Alaska (AP) - John Reese, a 93-year-old Tsimshian elder, had some advice for a group of about two dozen people learning to say, ’How are you?’ in a conversational Shm’algyack language class ...

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Mique'l Dangeli teaches students how to bake salmon fins. Dangeli moved to British Columbia to teach Tsimshian culture in her ancestors' traditional territory, but faces an immigration fight to live ...

KINGSTON, Wash. – The minute David Boxley strikes his deer hide drum, everything changes. An empty stage quickly fills with the Git Hoan dancers, stealth in each dancer's stride, driven by respect for ...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - The three bronze posts unveiled under sunny skies also double as pillars. They hold up and support the vibrancy and resilience of the Tsimshian, Tlingit and Haida cultures. “We ...

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