Children and parents listen as Marsha Hotch begins the first of
nine weekly Tlingit classes Wednesday at the museum.

Thirteen voices chorused Marsha Guneiwti Hotch in a call-and-answer introductory song at Wednesday’s family oriented Tlingit language class. The voices, beginning as unsure whispers and clumsy repetition, became stronger and more confident after each adult and child was introduced in the same sing-song format.

The song served as the initiation to a 10-week course, designed and…