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The University of Alaska Anchorage will offer Unangam Tunuu courses as part of its Alaska Native Studies coursework.
This fall students can take a course in Unangam Tunuu the Unangax̂ language at the University of Alaska Anchorage. Course instructor Haliehana Stepetin says it ll be a regular part of the school s offerings for the next two years. It s really wonderful to include it in the Alaska Native Studies curriculum because it shows this density and it will hopefully teach more people about who we are and where we come from in our differing experiences and our similar goals of cultural revitalization presence, Stepetin said. And more than just that, but thriving.
The University of Alaska Anchorage will offer Unangam Tunuu courses as part of its Alaska Native Studies coursework.
This fall students can take a course in Unangam Tunuu the Unangax̂ language at the University of Alaska Anchorage.
Haliehana Stepetin (Unangax̂) will teach an elementary course in Unangam Tunuu the Unangax̂ language at the University of Alaska Anchorage this fall. (Photo by Jaiden Willeto) Course instructor Haliehana Stepetin says it’ll be a regular part of the school’s offerings for the next two years.
“It s really wonderful to include it in the Alaska Native Studies curriculum because it shows this density and it will hopefully teach more people about who we are and where we come from in our differing experiences and our similar goals of cultural revitalization presence,” Stepetin said. “And more than just that, but thriving.
The University of Alaska will launch a system-wide program geared toward retaining more Alaska Native students at the school and increasing the number of
We are past the point of crisis
Professors push for University of Alaska system to overhaul Indigenous language programs
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Apr 30, 2021
Stewart Huntington
ANCHORAGE Alaska is home to a rich tapestry of more than 20 Native languages, but some are fading and others are threatened.
Now a group of Native scholars is urging the University of Alaska System to adopt a major overhaul of its Indigenous language programs in a fight against time to preserve living cultural treasures.
“We are past the point of crisis,” said X̱ʼunei Lance Twitchell, a citizen of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes and associate professor of Alaska Native languages at the University of Alaska Southeast.
The Spiritual Life of Tlingit “Objects”
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Tlingit, Kéet shadakóox (killer whale crest hat) with four status rings, ca. 1860. Spruce root and red, black, and blue paint. Princeton University Art Museum. Lent by the Department of Geociences, Princeton University ×
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at.oow spiritual and sacred clan objects owned and used by Tlingit people. This discussion will examine the history of the collection at Princeton from Yakutat, Alaska, the role of these “objects” in ceremony, the complexity of relationships between Tribes and museums, and the importance of spiritual knowledge for the next generation of Tlingit knowledge keepers.