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 ...

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 ...

A Juneau legislator’s bill adding four Indigenous languages to Alaska’s official list, giving the state a total of 23, unanimously passed the state Senate on Monday, positioning it to be sent to Gov.

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 ...

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 ...

Walter Nelson, managed retreat coordinator, points out the high water mark during flooding last month when the remnants of Typhoon Halong hit Napakiak, Alaska. Credit: Photo by Katie Baldwin ...

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 ...

In the language of the Gwich’in people of northeastern Alaska, the word for month known in English as July is Łuk choo zhrii, meaning “the month of king salmon,” said Rochelle Adams, an Indigenous ...

Printmaker Gidinatiy Hartman sits at a market table with their prints for sale on Oct. 19, 2024. Hartman, who grew up in Alaska and now lives in St. Paul, is Deg Xitʼan, an Indigenous Athabaskan ...

The Alaska Native Heritage Center entrance (photo by Jesse Darling, all images courtesy the Alaska Native Heritage Center, unless otherwise noted) America’s Cultural Treasures: This article is part of ...