Each morning, students at Klukwan school begin the day by gathering in the cafeteria, sitting in a circle and reciting a Tlingit chant: “Our grandparents’ language/ It is inside us/ Our language is getting stronger/ It will go on forever.”
The students then peel off to one of three classrooms, staffed by new teachers who aren’t entirely strangers to the school.
The firm hold on Tlingit traditions, mixed with fresh momentum from new staff and…
