There are only six fluent speakers of the Tsimshian language, Sm’algyax, left in Alaska. Interest in the language is on the rise, however. “I try not to dwell on those numbers because I feel like, ...

KTOO reporter Lyndsey Brollini reported this story as part of NextGenRadio: Indigenous, a week-long workshop from the Native American Journalists Association and NPR’s Next Generation Radio Project.

If language and health are linked, then the ten Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian language apprentices recently gathered for a talk on the subject were embarking on a journey not just to reclaim a vital ...

JUNEAU, Alaska - Every other summer when she was a child, Jerry Ann Gray would visit her maternal grandparents in Metlakatla and listen to them sing Sm'algyax, the language of the Tsimshian people.

KETCHIKAN, Alaska (AP) - John Reese, a 93-year-old Tsimshian elder, had some advice for a group of about two dozen people learning to say, ’How are you?’ in a conversational Shm’algyack language class ...

Mique'l Dangeli teaches students how to bake salmon fins. Dangeli moved to British Columbia to teach Tsimshian culture in her ancestors' traditional territory, but faces an immigration fight to live ...

KINGSTON, Wash. – The minute David Boxley strikes his deer hide drum, everything changes. An empty stage quickly fills with the Git Hoan dancers, stealth in each dancer's stride, driven by respect for ...

LANDSTUHL, Germany -- In celebration of National American Indian Heritage Month, U.S. Army Garrison Rheinland-Pfalz and Landstuhl Regional Medical Center hosted Tsimshian artist Edward E. Bryant at ...

Piece by piece, the curls of wood have fallen from the ancient log to the floor at David A. Boxley”s feet. Little by little, his adze and knife have carved from the fragrant cedar the image of the ...

In this Aug. 26, 2018 photo, Tsimshian artist David R. Boxley, left, Tlingit artist Stephen Jackson, center, and Haida artist TJ Young, stand by their bronze house posts during an unveiling ceremony ...

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JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - The three bronze posts unveiled under sunny skies also double as pillars. They hold up and support the vibrancy and resilience of the Tsimshian, Tlingit and Haida cultures. “We ...