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Press Release
July 27, 2007
SHI HOLDS FIRST EVER TLINGIT LANGUAGE BASKETBALL CAMPS
Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) for the first time is hosting basketball camps in an effort to create language habitats.
The purpose of the Latseen Hoop Camps is to provide a week of fun but intensive instruction in the fundamentals of basketball while incorporating Tlingit language and culture.
“It’s part of our effort to teach Native languages through physical and social activities,” said SHI President Rosita Worl. “Our goal is to improve academic achievement of Native students.”
The Juneau camp, held at DZ Middle School, wrapped up today. The second camp in Angoon is scheduled Aug. 6-10 at Angoon City School Gym. The basketball instructor is Tlingit Mischa Plunkett, a former player and assistant women’s basketball coach for the University of California at Santa Cruz. SHI Tlignit language staff Yarrow Vaara and Jessica Chester are teaching the language component.
Sealaska Heritage Institute is a private, nonprofit founded in 1981 to administer cultural and educational programs for Sealaska Corp. The institute is governed by an all-Native Board of Trustees and guided by a Council of Traditional Scholars. Its mission is to perpetuate and enhance Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian cultures of Southeast Alaska.
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CONTACT: Rosita Worl, SHI President, 463-4844