Books
SHI has been on the forefront of publishing books to perpetuate and revitalize the Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian languages. Texts include the most comprehensive dictionaries every published for the languages plus many other materials and tools.
Apps
Download SHI’s Tlingit language apps on your mobile device. Apps include Learning Tlingit, which includes hundreds of entries, and Tlingit Language Games, which teaches words for ocean animals, household items and birds.
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Tlingit:
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Learning Tlingit App
This app helps to build skills in the Tlingit language. It contains hundreds of entries in more than 20 different categories, all with accompanying audio for vocabulary and phrases.
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Tlingit Language Games App
This app teaches Tlingit words through the interactive games listed below.
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Learning Tlingit App
Podcast
Roots & Stems is an Indigenous language podcast that explores ways to support and join language revitalization efforts. Each episode features interviews with those in the field sharing their experiences in language learning and community. Artwork for the podcast was created by Tlingit artist Alison Bremner for Celebration 2018. Music is by Huk Tgini’its’ga Xsgiik Gavin Hudson of Metlakatla, Alaska.
Video and Audio Resources
Online resources include the Voices of Our Ancestors YouTube series in Lingít, X̱aad Kíl and Sm'algya̱x, and audio resources covering a wide range of topics, including verbs, tools, colors, places, and cooking phrases.
- YouTube playlist: Voices of Our Ancestors language learning series. Watch as Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian language teachers say phrases in Lingít (Tlingit), X̱aad Kíl (Haida), and Sm’algya̱x (Tsimshian). In this video series, Lance X̱’uneiTwitchell, Benjamin Young, and Gavin Hudson share terms that are useful to Native language learners.
- Lingít, X̱aad Kíl, and Sm’algya̱x vocabulary: These audio and video resources cover a variety of topics, including verbs, tools, colors, numbers, places, carved objects, and cooking phrases. The episodes are offered in audio (.mp3) or video (.mp4) formats.
- Language summit: Our first-ever language summit, Voices of Our Ancestors, was held in Juneau in November. The entire three-day event was recorded and can be viewed on YouTube, with or without English translation.
- Salmon Boy: Hear and watch the ancient story of Shanyaak'utlaax̱, Salmon Boy, told in Tlingit by storyteller Ishmael Hope of the Kiks.ádi clan with illustrations by Michaela Goade, also of the Kiks.ádi clan.
- Clan Names (Eagle) (Audio by John Marks and June Pegues)
- Clan Names (Raven) (Audio by John Marks and June Pegues)
- Let's Learn Language: Tlingit language use in everyday speech shown through the use of puppets. Ten lessons produced in 1969 by the Juneau Indian Studies Program. The speakers were Johnny Marks, a longtime contributor to SHI's programs, and Eva Marks. Digitized through a partnership between Sealaska Heritage Institute and the Alaska State Library.
Posters & Cards
SHI has developed materials that can be printed and used in schools to teach Native words for things such as beach creatures, numbers and colors. This section also includes materials for games, such as Go Fish and Word Rummy.
Tlingit Invocation
The Tlingit Invocation embodies the Tlingit people's deep respect for their ancestors, spiritual forces, and the wisdom embedded in their cultural heritage. It creates a sacred atmosphere and fosters a profound spiritual connection within the Tlingit community.