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First Celebration performance for our Tlingit & Haida’s Elders Dance Group! We love to see our Elders leading the way. Gunalchéesh, Háw’aa to all of our incredible staff in the Elders Program for making this dance group happen, including Margaret Haube and Roberta Dundas who worked around the clock to sew regalia to ensure all of the Elders had pieces for Celebration. “We’re healing our ancestors one Elder at a time,” said Ann Stepetin, because many of the Elders who grew up in boarding schools

Tlingit language teachers are in Carcross this week working with students to help save and preserve the Tlingit language. "Language is the core of our identity," says teacher and elder Kèiyishí Besie Cooley. (More here --> http://www.cbc.ca/1.3715926) | CBC Yukon

Revitalizing our languages one word at a time! Gunalchéesh to Kaasteen Jill Meserve for providing Lingít translations. #NativeLanguage #Indigenous #Tlingit #AlaskaNative | Tlingit & Haida