Tlingit ventriloquism, a way to keep the language alive (fwd link)

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Tlingit ventriloquism, a way to keep the language aliveBy Lisa Phu
Posted on November 14, 2013 at 9:41 pm

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Like many other indigenous languages, Tlingit is in survival mode.
Revitalizing the language was the focus of this year’s Tlingit Tribes and
Clans Conference
<http://ankn.uaf.edu/ClanConference2/course/view.php?id=5> held
in Juneau last week.

A Juneau resident has one solution for how to keep the language alive.
During a conference session, realtor and assemblyman Carlton Smith gave
participants a lesson in how to teach Tlingit to children with puppets. And
he does it with the help of a special guest.
Access full article below:
http://www.ktoo.org/2013/11/14/tlingit-ventriloquism/
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