The Alaska Legislature adopted a citation Wednesday recognizing the contributions of Tlingit code talkers during World War II. During floor sessions, representatives and senators spoke about the ...

A new nonprofit organization has been formed to support the Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska’s ...

There are only a few hundred Tlingit speakers in the world, according to linguists and researchers. In a world where English is considered the dominant language, Tlingit is endangered, linguistically ...

The Tlingit language is such an elaborate language. It needs to be lived: It is a living language — Vivian Mork Yéilk’ I was afraid. I sat down in the small chair, my knees bent upward. I set a few ...

Tech giant Google brought Tlingit civil rights advocate Elizabeth Peratrovich to the attention of many Tuesday evening when they ran out a Doodle created by a Southeast artist featuring the iconic ...

Surrounded by hundreds of Tlingit Indians brandishing ritual maces and clubs Monday, representatives of five major American museums happily turned over a priceless cache of Tlingit artifacts taken 102 ...

Over 200 years ago, the Tlingit clan clashed with Russians, battling over a slice of land that now falls within the Sitka National Historical Park. Since then, the exact location of a fort that served ...

A fish doesn’t jump in Tlingit, the native language of indigenous people of Southeast Alaska. It performs a feat no word in English can adequately express. The verb in Tlingit captures the instant ...

Installation view of Alison Marks: One Gray Hair at the Frye Art Museum, Seattle (all images courtesy the Frye Art Museum and the artist) SEATTLE — In 2000, a wooden Tlingit bear mask was sent into ...

Speakers of Tlingit are preparing for what they're calling a historic conference in Alaska. It will be a rare occasion to have a room full of people speaking the language. Fewer than 200 people speak ...

A pair of extremely rare Tlingit masks were given an even rarer price tag on Monday night's episode of "Antiques Roadshow." "The wolf, on a retail basis, I believe would sell in the neighborhood of ...