❤️ Lingít Valentine Phrases: 💕
Sagu ix̱six̱áni yágiyee--Happy Valentine’s day!
Ix̱six̱án—I love you!
(*Phrases translated by Florence Sheakley’s Intermediate Tlingit Class, University of Alaska Southeast, February 2000.)
#AlaskaSky #AlaskaBlueSky #Lingit #Tlingit #ValentinesDay #indigenouslanguage
Sagu ix̱six̱áni yágiyee--Happy Valentine’s day!
Ix̱six̱án—I love you!
(*Phrases translated by Florence Sheakley’s Intermediate Tlingit Class, University of Alaska Southeast, February 2000.)
#AlaskaSky #AlaskaBlueSky #Lingit #Tlingit #ValentinesDay #indigenouslanguage
February 14, 2025 at 4:44 PM
❤️ Lingít Valentine Phrases: 💕
Sagu ix̱six̱áni yágiyee--Happy Valentine’s day!
Ix̱six̱án—I love you!
(*Phrases translated by Florence Sheakley’s Intermediate Tlingit Class, University of Alaska Southeast, February 2000.)
#AlaskaSky #AlaskaBlueSky #Lingit #Tlingit #ValentinesDay #indigenouslanguage
Sagu ix̱six̱áni yágiyee--Happy Valentine’s day!
Ix̱six̱án—I love you!
(*Phrases translated by Florence Sheakley’s Intermediate Tlingit Class, University of Alaska Southeast, February 2000.)
#AlaskaSky #AlaskaBlueSky #Lingit #Tlingit #ValentinesDay #indigenouslanguage
Lingít Bingo tonight!
We didn’t win, but we learned lots of words and pronunciations!
We didn’t win, but we learned lots of words and pronunciations!
October 31, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Lingít Bingo tonight!
We didn’t win, but we learned lots of words and pronunciations!
We didn’t win, but we learned lots of words and pronunciations!
Did you know that fewer than 20 people could hold conversations about daily topics in the Lingít language? That there are six remaining master-level birth speakers?
That you can take Lingít classes for free at UAS and through Haa Tóoch Lichéesh and Tlingit & Haida?
You can watch online, too.
That you can take Lingít classes for free at UAS and through Haa Tóoch Lichéesh and Tlingit & Haida?
You can watch online, too.
Advanced Lingít
This page is designed to help students and followers of the class, Advanced Lingít at the University of Alaska Southeast. Classes can be viewed here on YouTube and the handouts for t…
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November 28, 2024 at 8:50 AM
Did you know that fewer than 20 people could hold conversations about daily topics in the Lingít language? That there are six remaining master-level birth speakers?
That you can take Lingít classes for free at UAS and through Haa Tóoch Lichéesh and Tlingit & Haida?
You can watch online, too.
That you can take Lingít classes for free at UAS and through Haa Tóoch Lichéesh and Tlingit & Haida?
You can watch online, too.
We are on Tlingit land this week, visiting Sheet’ka (Sitka) in Lingít Aaní. 🧪🌊🦑
Map by www.uaf.edu/anlc/
Map by www.uaf.edu/anlc/
January 13, 2025 at 11:55 PM
We are on Tlingit land this week, visiting Sheet’ka (Sitka) in Lingít Aaní. 🧪🌊🦑
Map by www.uaf.edu/anlc/
Map by www.uaf.edu/anlc/
First week of Tlingit opera workshop #3 is in the books! It was a looooot but it’s really taking shape.
This week we covered Lingít language, Lingít movement plans, the history of the battles of Sitka, got a feel for the action happening in the libretto, and of course lots and lots of vocal work.
This week we covered Lingít language, Lingít movement plans, the history of the battles of Sitka, got a feel for the action happening in the libretto, and of course lots and lots of vocal work.
June 2, 2025 at 3:18 AM
First week of Tlingit opera workshop #3 is in the books! It was a looooot but it’s really taking shape.
This week we covered Lingít language, Lingít movement plans, the history of the battles of Sitka, got a feel for the action happening in the libretto, and of course lots and lots of vocal work.
This week we covered Lingít language, Lingít movement plans, the history of the battles of Sitka, got a feel for the action happening in the libretto, and of course lots and lots of vocal work.
Climate stripes for Lingít Aaní (Tlingit county) across Southeast Alaska into NW Canada, 1900 to 2024. Data from Berkeley Earth and processing made possible with code by @climatologist49.bsky.social. #akwx #ClimateStripes #Climate @spiraledu.bsky.social @seakgal.bsky.social @seachanger.bsky.social
May 3, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Climate stripes for Lingít Aaní (Tlingit county) across Southeast Alaska into NW Canada, 1900 to 2024. Data from Berkeley Earth and processing made possible with code by @climatologist49.bsky.social. #akwx #ClimateStripes #Climate @spiraledu.bsky.social @seakgal.bsky.social @seachanger.bsky.social
On this day in 1802, a group of Tlingit warriors attacked, looted and destroyed the Russian fort and settlement known as Old Sitka. The Russians never rebuilt at this site.
anticolonialhistory.com/event/393/
anticolonialhistory.com/event/393/
July 27, 2026 at 2:24 PM
On this day in 1802, a group of Tlingit warriors attacked, looted and destroyed the Russian fort and settlement known as Old Sitka. The Russians never rebuilt at this site.
anticolonialhistory.com/event/393/
anticolonialhistory.com/event/393/
On this twenty fifth day of #AlaskaNativeHeritageMonth we’re highlighting “How the Devil’s Club Came to Be” by #Tlingit writer Miranda Rose Kaagwil Worl & Tlingit illustrator Michaela Goade, Lingít language version by Tlingit Elder Florence Sheakley.
#nativeamericanheritagemonth #indigenous #books
#nativeamericanheritagemonth #indigenous #books
Thirty Days of Alaska Native Books: Day 25
For the twenty fifth day of Alaska Native Heritage Month, we’re highlighting the beautiful children’s book “How the Devil’s Club Came to Be” by Tlingit writer Miranda Rose Kaagwil Worl and Tlingit …
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November 26, 2025 at 1:25 AM
On this twenty fifth day of #AlaskaNativeHeritageMonth we’re highlighting “How the Devil’s Club Came to Be” by #Tlingit writer Miranda Rose Kaagwil Worl & Tlingit illustrator Michaela Goade, Lingít language version by Tlingit Elder Florence Sheakley.
#nativeamericanheritagemonth #indigenous #books
#nativeamericanheritagemonth #indigenous #books
Menu looks great, master chef Rick (and nutritional advisor 😉)
I’d luv to try it all, but alas I’m short on time tonight and recovering from sweet tooth glutton night last night. Literally rolled all the way virtually home🤣
Have a great night!!!
I’d luv to try it all, but alas I’m short on time tonight and recovering from sweet tooth glutton night last night. Literally rolled all the way virtually home🤣
Have a great night!!!
September 30, 2026 at 1:07 AM
Menu looks great, master chef Rick (and nutritional advisor 😉)
I’d luv to try it all, but alas I’m short on time tonight and recovering from sweet tooth glutton night last night. Literally rolled all the way virtually home🤣
Have a great night!!!
I’d luv to try it all, but alas I’m short on time tonight and recovering from sweet tooth glutton night last night. Literally rolled all the way virtually home🤣
Have a great night!!!
Os Tlingit (às vezes também conhecidos como Łingít) são povos indígenas da costa noroeste do Pacífico do Norte de Abya Yala que compartilham uma herança cultural comum. Tlingit significa “povo das marés”. No Censo de 2016, 2.110 pessoas foram identificadas .
October 1, 2024 at 11:07 AM
Os Tlingit (às vezes também conhecidos como Łingít) são povos indígenas da costa noroeste do Pacífico do Norte de Abya Yala que compartilham uma herança cultural comum. Tlingit significa “povo das marés”. No Censo de 2016, 2.110 pessoas foram identificadas .
April 7, 2026 at 12:51 AM
Hello Bluesky! Wáa sá yee yatee? (How is everyone?) I’m Peter, and I’m a high school history teacher in Kichx̱áan, Lingít Aaní (Ketchikan, AK). I love history, and I am currently writing a manuscript on the 19th-century history of the Lingít (Tlingit) nation. I'd love to follow more historians here!
February 11, 2024 at 8:16 AM
Hello Bluesky! Wáa sá yee yatee? (How is everyone?) I’m Peter, and I’m a high school history teacher in Kichx̱áan, Lingít Aaní (Ketchikan, AK). I love history, and I am currently writing a manuscript on the 19th-century history of the Lingít (Tlingit) nation. I'd love to follow more historians here!
Ed Littlefield is the composer of “Ḵutulagaaw: The Tlingit-Russian Battles”—the world’s first Lingít opera premiering tonight at Thunder Mountain Middle School in Juneau & running through Sept 20.
Listen to my interview with Ed on the East Anchorage Book Club:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
Listen to my interview with Ed on the East Anchorage Book Club:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
September 11, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Ed Littlefield is the composer of “Ḵutulagaaw: The Tlingit-Russian Battles”—the world’s first Lingít opera premiering tonight at Thunder Mountain Middle School in Juneau & running through Sept 20.
Listen to my interview with Ed on the East Anchorage Book Club:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
Listen to my interview with Ed on the East Anchorage Book Club:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
I attended opening night of “Ḵutulagaaw: The Tlingit-Russian Battles”—the world’s 1st Lingít opera — with 2 of my favorite people, Representatives Hannan & Story.
Congrats Ed Littlefield (composer), Vera Starbard (librettist), Madeline Savet (director), X̱ʼunei Lance Twitchell (translator), & cast!
Congrats Ed Littlefield (composer), Vera Starbard (librettist), Madeline Savet (director), X̱ʼunei Lance Twitchell (translator), & cast!
September 13, 2026 at 7:17 PM
I attended opening night of “Ḵutulagaaw: The Tlingit-Russian Battles”—the world’s 1st Lingít opera — with 2 of my favorite people, Representatives Hannan & Story.
Congrats Ed Littlefield (composer), Vera Starbard (librettist), Madeline Savet (director), X̱ʼunei Lance Twitchell (translator), & cast!
Congrats Ed Littlefield (composer), Vera Starbard (librettist), Madeline Savet (director), X̱ʼunei Lance Twitchell (translator), & cast!
The first Lingít opera in recorded history debuts this Friday in Juneau at the Thunder Mountain Middle School auditorium.
KTOO published several stories in anticipation of the opera, compiled in this post:
KTOO published several stories in anticipation of the opera, compiled in this post:
‘Ḵutulagaaw: The Tlingit-Russian Battles’ to debut Friday
The first Lingít opera in recorded history debuts this Friday at the Thunder Mountain Middle School auditorium.
www.ktoo.org
September 10, 2026 at 6:05 PM
The first Lingít opera in recorded history debuts this Friday in Juneau at the Thunder Mountain Middle School auditorium.
KTOO published several stories in anticipation of the opera, compiled in this post:
KTOO published several stories in anticipation of the opera, compiled in this post:
October 18th, is Alaska Day! The state holiday recognizes the Russian transfer of Alaska to the United States, which took place in Sitka.
Today is also Reconciliation Day, a day of mourning as Lingít Aani was transferred from one colonial power to the next without the consent of the Tlingit people.
Today is also Reconciliation Day, a day of mourning as Lingít Aani was transferred from one colonial power to the next without the consent of the Tlingit people.
October 19, 2025 at 1:07 AM
October 18th, is Alaska Day! The state holiday recognizes the Russian transfer of Alaska to the United States, which took place in Sitka.
Today is also Reconciliation Day, a day of mourning as Lingít Aani was transferred from one colonial power to the next without the consent of the Tlingit people.
Today is also Reconciliation Day, a day of mourning as Lingít Aani was transferred from one colonial power to the next without the consent of the Tlingit people.
You’re in luck! Tlingit has some of the best language preservation resources in the world. Check out tlingitlanguage.com and the wonderful work of X̱’unei documenting this incredible language.
Lingít Yoo X̲ʼatángi
The Tlingit Language
tlingitlanguage.com
June 12, 2025 at 2:06 PM
You’re in luck! Tlingit has some of the best language preservation resources in the world. Check out tlingitlanguage.com and the wonderful work of X̱’unei documenting this incredible language.
“Speak English or die.” Wow. This #BannedBooksWeek let’s also think about linguistic hegemony—what languages don’t get published & read. Lingít is an endangered language of the Tlingit people of the Pacific NW Coast. What does it sound like? Give these recordings a listen! tinyurl.com/4h4xkvwp
October 8, 2025 at 1:45 PM
“Speak English or die.” Wow. This #BannedBooksWeek let’s also think about linguistic hegemony—what languages don’t get published & read. Lingít is an endangered language of the Tlingit people of the Pacific NW Coast. What does it sound like? Give these recordings a listen! tinyurl.com/4h4xkvwp
In the comic, the characters go to Juneau and explore the Mendenhall Glacier, downtown and Harborview Elementary School. Along the way, they meet characters created by Juneau’s TCLL students.
Lingít comic book brings student characters to life during Celebration
“Naakéedáx̱ Haa X̱oonx’í Yán”, which means “All of our friends from the North” in Lingít, is a comic book created by students, teachers, elders and an alumnus of the Tlingit Culture, Language and…
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June 9, 2026 at 6:37 PM
In the comic, the characters go to Juneau and explore the Mendenhall Glacier, downtown and Harborview Elementary School. Along the way, they meet characters created by Juneau’s TCLL students.
As Forest Service staffing at Juneau’s Mendenhall Glacier remains uncertain, cultural ambassadors staffed as part of the Tlingit & Haida co-stewardship agreement between the Tribe and the Forest Service will be there to represent Lingít stewardship to tourists. www.nativenews.net/monday-april...
Monday, April 7, 2025 » National Native News
Alaska Native cultural ambassadors prepare for tourist season Native education leaders testify before Senate Indian Affairs committee
www.nativenews.net
April 7, 2025 at 8:36 PM
As Forest Service staffing at Juneau’s Mendenhall Glacier remains uncertain, cultural ambassadors staffed as part of the Tlingit & Haida co-stewardship agreement between the Tribe and the Forest Service will be there to represent Lingít stewardship to tourists. www.nativenews.net/monday-april...
Shaman Ivory Amulet
marine ivory
19th century
Tlingit culture
British Columbia, Canada
#handmade #carved #marineivory #tusk #tlingitculture #britishcolumbia #canada #shamanamulet #magic #religion #culture #belief #pacificnorthwest #firstnation #indigenous #nativeamerican #tribal #tribalart #art
marine ivory
19th century
Tlingit culture
British Columbia, Canada
#handmade #carved #marineivory #tusk #tlingitculture #britishcolumbia #canada #shamanamulet #magic #religion #culture #belief #pacificnorthwest #firstnation #indigenous #nativeamerican #tribal #tribalart #art
May 23, 2026 at 9:22 PM
Shaman Ivory Amulet
marine ivory
19th century
Tlingit culture
British Columbia, Canada
#handmade #carved #marineivory #tusk #tlingitculture #britishcolumbia #canada #shamanamulet #magic #religion #culture #belief #pacificnorthwest #firstnation #indigenous #nativeamerican #tribal #tribalart #art
marine ivory
19th century
Tlingit culture
British Columbia, Canada
#handmade #carved #marineivory #tusk #tlingitculture #britishcolumbia #canada #shamanamulet #magic #religion #culture #belief #pacificnorthwest #firstnation #indigenous #nativeamerican #tribal #tribalart #art
Picking s’ikshaldéen, also known as Hudson Bay tea, gives local Lingít language immersion students a hands-on lesson.
Annual TCLL field trip connects students to Lingít culture through foraging and language
Tlingit, Culture, Language and Literacy students kick off each school year with a tea-picking field trip that connects them to each other and the greater community.
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September 13, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Picking s’ikshaldéen, also known as Hudson Bay tea, gives local Lingít language immersion students a hands-on lesson.
Yes Tlingit people, Lingit/Linget language!
October 14, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Yes Tlingit people, Lingit/Linget language!