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Sealaska Heritage Institute Tlingit Language Video Podcast

Tlingit Language Podcast

This language podcast is dedicated to supporting language learners, teachers, and speakers. It was produced by Sealaska Heritage Institute—a regional, Native nonprofit serving the Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian—in partnership with SERRC—Alaska’s Educational Resource Center.
Compiled by SHI Language Coordinator Katrina Hotch, a language learner, and funded by the Department of Education Alaska Native Education Program.
Content of this podcast does not necessarily represent the policy of DOE, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.

Places Part 4 Where are you traveling from

This episode uses familiar place names and combines it with the question and answer pattern "Where are you traveling from?" and the response "I am traveling from ____". Audio provided by learner Katrina Hotch and speakers Nora Marks Dauenhauer and Fred White.
File places_part4.mp4 (26.63 MB)

Counting Sockeye

Learn numbers 1-10 and the word for Sockeye in Lingit with audio from June Pegues and Johnny Marks.
File numbers_lingit.mp4 (4.3 MB)

Head and Shoulders Smalgyax

Begin learning the words and pronunciation for the song Head and Shoulders in Smalgyax. This video has the words spoken and then sung by Nancy Barnes.
File headshoulders_smalgyax.mp4 (3.42 MB)

Head and Shoulders Lingit

Begin learning the words and pronunciation for the song Head and Shoulders in Lingit. This video has the words spoken and then sung by Yarrow Vaara and George Holly.
File headshoulders_lingit.mp4 (3.37 MB)

Geography Xaad Kil

Begin learning the Xaad Kil vocabulary for common geographical terms audio by Claude Morrison and Benjamin Young.
File geography_xaadkil.mp4 (9.41 MB)

Baby Eagle Book Lingit

This video is to accompany the Baby Raven book Baby Raven published by Sealaska Heritage Lingit audio is by Marsha Hotch, Johnny Marks, June Pegues, David Katzeek, and Nora Marks Dauenhauer.
File baby_eagle.mp4 (3.69 MB)

Baby Raven Book Lingit

This video is to accompany the Baby Raven book Baby Eagle published by Sealaska Heritage Lingit audio is by David Katzeek, June Pegues, Marsha Hotch, Johnny Marks, Jeff Leer
File baby_raven.mp4 (4.26 MB)

Weather Smalgyax

Vocabulary for weather terms in Smalgyax. Audio by Donna May Roberts and David A. Boxley.
File weather_smalgyax.mp4 (4.79 MB)

Part 3 of series with language learners and teachers

In this interview, Gloria and Devlin discuss how we communicate differently in Tlingit and how the language affects our worldview.
Audio icon learner_gd.mp3 (7.16 MB)

The letter "Dl"

This episode focuses on the letter "dl". Fluent speaker examples by Nora Marks Dauenhauer, David Katzeek, Marsha Hotch, and Fred White.
Audio icon the letter dl.mp3 (8.68 MB)
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