The Alaska Legislature adopted a citation Wednesday recognizing the contributions of Tlingit code talkers during World War II. During floor sessions, representatives and senators spoke about the ...

There are only a few hundred Tlingit speakers in the world, according to linguists and researchers. In a world where English is considered the dominant language, Tlingit is endangered, linguistically ...

The Tlingit language is such an elaborate language. It needs to be lived: It is a living language — Vivian Mork Yéilk’ I was afraid. I sat down in the small chair, my knees bent upward. I set a few ...

Tech giant Google brought Tlingit civil rights advocate Elizabeth Peratrovich to the attention of many Tuesday evening when they ran out a Doodle created by a Southeast artist featuring the iconic ...

Surrounded by hundreds of Tlingit Indians brandishing ritual maces and clubs Monday, representatives of five major American museums happily turned over a priceless cache of Tlingit artifacts taken 102 ...

Over 200 years ago, the Tlingit clan clashed with Russians, battling over a slice of land that now falls within the Sitka National Historical Park. Since then, the exact location of a fort that served ...

A fish doesn’t jump in Tlingit, the native language of indigenous people of Southeast Alaska. It performs a feat no word in English can adequately express. The verb in Tlingit captures the instant ...

Speakers of Tlingit are preparing for what they're calling a historic conference in Alaska. It will be a rare occasion to have a room full of people speaking the language. Fewer than 200 people speak ...

Installation view of Alison Marks: One Gray Hair at the Frye Art Museum, Seattle (all images courtesy the Frye Art Museum and the artist) SEATTLE — In 2000, a wooden Tlingit bear mask was sent into ...

Cherish Clarke grew up hearing the Tlingit language spoken, but it was years before she fully grasped how special that was. "I was really grateful that I was, I think, one of the last generation to ...

A pair of extremely rare Tlingit masks were given an even rarer price tag on Monday night's episode of "Antiques Roadshow." "The wolf, on a retail basis, I believe would sell in the neighborhood of ...