New program pairs elders, students in hope of restoring Tlingit language (fwd link)

[Phil Cash Cash]

New program pairs elders, students in hope of restoring Tlingit language
Laurel Andrews <http://www.alaskadispatch.com/authors/678503>
January 26, 2014

A three-year language mentorship program beginning in Southeast Alaska in
August hopes to help revitalize the Tlingit language, classified as on the
edge of extinction, by pairing fluent elders with advanced learners of the
language.

On Tuesday, Sealaska Heritage Institute
<http://www.sealaskaheritage.org/>announced
the six apprentice-mentor teams that will spend the next three years
working together. Apprentices will be paired with elders in the communities
of Sitka, Yakutat and Juneau, working toward fluency in the language.

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