Like similar programs that have sprung up in the region in the past decade, Sheldon Museum’s Tlingit class is building an appreciation and awareness of the area’s indigenous language.
But a larger effort will be needed to keep the language from fading into history, advocates say.
“The fate of the Tlingit language is a lot brighter than it was 10 or 15 years ago,” said Linda Belarde, Tlingit education specialist for Sealaska Heritage Foundation. “There…
