This is Lingít Word of the Week. Each week, we feature a Lingít word voiced by master speakers. Lingít has been spoken throughout present-day Southeast Alaska and parts of Canada for over 10,000 years.
Gunalchéesh to X̱’unei Lance Twitchell, Goldbelt Heritage Foundation and the University of Alaska Southeast for sharing the recorded audio for this series.
A proclaimed state-of-the-art new science building at the University of Alaska Southeast is also highlighting a reliance on thousands of years of Indigenous knowledge to offer what Chancellor Aparna Dileep-Nageswaran Palmer called “a holistic way to study” during a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday.
The Áakʼw Tá Hít building (which translates to “House at the Head of Áak’w (Bay)” in Lingít), the first structure at UAS to receive a primary name in Lingít, is located on the edge of Auke Bay next to the Anderson Building that houses the biology department.
October 7, 2024
Four faculty librarians from University of Alaska Southeast are partnering with the Alaska Library Association on a $150,000 two-year planning grant for Expanding Education Options for Alaska’s Library Workforce.
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October 4, 2024
Dr. X̱'unei Lance Twitchell, Professor of Alaska Native Languages in the Department of Humanities at University of Alaska Southeast, is among nine recipients of the 2024 Governor’s Awards for the Arts and Humanities.
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October 2, 2024
The new hub for environmental science at University of Alaska Southeast. Doors are open, and classes are in session at Áakʼw Tá Hít, University of Alaska Southeast’s new 11,200-square-foot facility dedicated to environmental science research and student learning.
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September 11, 2024
The University of Alaska Southeast welcomed the University of Alaska Board of Regents to the Juneau Campus for their September. meeting
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