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Chilkoot Schedule (Aug. 15-24)
Sealaska Heritage Institute is offering a Tlingit immersion retreat in Haines this summer in an effort to revitalize the endangered language. (Application)
Tlingit speakers and serious learners of the language will live in a Tlingit-speaking world 24 hours a day during the institute’s third annual Tlingit language immersion retreat.
“The program gives both speakers and learners a habitat where Tlingit can flourish,” said SHI President Rosita Worl. “The immersion approach appears to accelerate the rate at which learners acquire the Tlingit language.”
The retreat is sponsored through a grant from the Administration for Native Americans, which funded two language immersion retreats per year in 2003, 2004 and 2005. A
Native language revitalization is a priority for the institute, a Native nonprofit founded by Sealaska Corp. to perpetuate and enhance Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian cultures. The institute strives to integrate Native language and culture into school curriculum because studies have shown Native students who are exposed to their culture in class do better academically.
Tlingit speakers and learners who want to participate may contact the institute at 463-4844 for more information.