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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Dr. Mique’l Dangeli’s toddler, Hayetsk, is the first among two successive generations in his family to have Sm’algyax as his primary language. Dangeli jests that his maternal grandmother worries she ...

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 ...

Many Alaskans are not aware there are two Metlakatlas. The first is in British Columbia, a short ferry ride from Prince Rupert. It’s the original settlement founded by the followers of Anglican ...

In this Aug. 26, 2018 photo, Tsimshian artist David R. Boxley, left, Tlingit artist Stephen Jackson, center, and Haida artist TJ Young, stand by their bronze house posts during an unveiling ceremony ...

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JUNEAU, Alaska - Every other summer when she was a child, Jerry Ann Gray would visit her maternal grandparents in Metlakatla and listen to them sing Sm'algyax, the language of the Tsimshian people.

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 ...