New signs hang in Howsers IGA, showing viewers how to pronounce the Tlingít words for the household items and groceries they’re buying. (Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News)

Drop into Howsers IGA to buy a bottle of orange juice and right next to the price tag – $7.75  – you might notice a new QR code stuck to the shelf. 

A quick scan and Marsha Guneiwtí Hotch’s low, deliberate voice will pop up. “Áanjis kahéeni,” she says…

Rashah McChesney is a multimedia journalist and editor who has reported and edited newsrooms from the Deep South to the Midwest to Alaska. For the past decade, she has worked in collaborative news as the...