Alaska natives, non-natives gather to learn Tlingit language

Photo from an auction catalog show a Tlingit panel and Chugach mask. Photo courtesy the Annenberg Foundation.
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) – A group of Alaska natives and residents have been gathering to learn about the Tlingit language, which only about 100 people can currently speak fluently.
KTOO.org  the non-structured workshop studies the complicated sounds and structure of the Tlingit language.
The group studies a book that the Sealaska Heritage Institute recently published, called the &