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The Alaska Department of Education and Early Development is seeking a specialist in Alaska Native language education to create state standards for reading in Alaska Native languages for students from kindergarten through third grade.

Alaska Native leaders spoke to church leaders on Wednesday about the harm religious organizations have done to Lingít communities through language suppression and violence at boarding schools. 

You can’t understand a practice without words to describe it — so Skaydu Û Jules instructs in Tlingit

Alaskans on the forefront of diversity initiatives in education have been analyzing the impacts to the recent ruling that Harvard and the University of North Carolina’s admission policies are unconstitutional.

This month, Alaska Airlines unveiled a new design that replaced the Salmon Thirty Salmon art known by many Alaskans. The new art still features

An Alaska Airlines jet gets a new facelift. Crystal Worl designed the artwork for this custom aircraft, named Xáat Kwáani, to celebrate its Indigenous theme, which depicts the importance of salmon. The airlines says it's the first time a domestic airline has named a plane in its fleet in an Alaska Native language.

On Thursday, Alaska Airlines unveiled a new design that replaced the Salmon Thirty Salmon art known by many Alaskans. The new art still features salmon, but this time from an

The Alaska Airlines plane — its name means "Salmon People" in Lingít — features a giant, colorful formline design by Crystal Worl.

By Rhonda McBride Alaska Native language experts shared their personal stories at the State Capitol on Friday (April 21st, 2023). They came to talk with lawmakers and their staffers about their work on the Alaska Native Language Preservation and Advisory Council, but their main mission was to inspire those at the highest levels of government

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - On Friday, May 12, an art piece unlike any other took to the sky: X̱áat Ḵwáani (Salmon People).