Dozens of Tlingít language learners, family and friends gathered at the ANB/ANS Hall in Haines on April 6, 2024, for a small ku.éex’ where they learned protocol for things like introducing themselves and receiving clan names. (Harriet Brouillette/Courtesy photo)

Last Saturday, 65 people crowded into the Alaska Native Brotherhood and Alaska  Native Sisterhood Hall in Haines to share food, Tlingít language and to learn more  about each other.  

The celebration was, essentially, a…

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