This page is designed to help students and followers of the class Lingít Culture & Worldview at the University of Alaska Southeast. Classes can be viewed here on YouTube and the handouts for the class are listed below the date.
For beginning resources, please purchase and/or download the following items:
Beginning Tlingit Workbook (2nd edition) by X̱ʼunei
Tlingit Dictionary (current draft) by X̱ʼunei
Tlingit Verb Dictionary (yellow dictionary) by Gillian L. Story and Constance M. Naish
Lingít X̱ʼéináx̱ Sá (a Lingít phrasebook) by Nora Marks Dauenhauer and Richard Dauenhauer
Also, please bookmark or download the Tlingit Verb Database updated webpage by Keri Eggleston • Project webpage
For intermediate resources, please purchase and/or download the following items:
Haa Wsineix̱ Haa Yoo X̱ʼatángi (a grammar of Lingít for intermediate learners) by X̱ʼunei
Tlingit Reference Guide (a handbook for using verbs) by X̱ʼunei
Haa Shuka (Lingít Oral Literature) by Nora Marks Dauenhauer and Richard Dauenhauer
Haa Tuwunáagu Yís (Lingít Ḵu.éexʼ Speeches) by Nora Marks Dauenhauer and Richard Dauenhauer
For advanced resources, please purchase and/or download the following items:
Tlingit Stem List (a list of Lingít verb stems) by Jeff Leer
Tlingit Verbs Notes (handwritten notes on Lingít verbs) by Jeff Leer
Verbal Structure Handbook (a collection of tables to interpret and assemble verbs) by James Crippen
Tlingit Verb Notes (by Jeff Leer, typed by Yéil Tʼoochʼ Tláa) (pages, word, pdf)
Lingít Conversation Videos (webpage)
Students should look at other Lingít language resources, which can be found on the Resources tab of this website.
Gunalchéesh!
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Important Class Methodologies:
Our goal is to spend the first hour in Lingít, starting on September 17, 2024. In order to help prepare, the link below will allow us to have a chat about preparing for the upcoming conversation, and the chat in Zoom can be used to type in English if you have questions, answers, or thoughts as the conversation is happening.
Class prep link: https://discord.gg/VjHumjPp
Dís Yádi 24, 2024
Tlákw.aan, Yáay Hít, Tlʼúkʼx̱ Gáasʼ, Yéil Gáasʼ, G̱unakadeit Gáasʼ, Duktʼootlʼ Gáasʼ, Emmons, Koowutlaax̱, L.Shadax̱íchx̱, Reflections
Resources: notes (pdf), chat (txt)
Assignment: research Emmons in Tlák.aan (1860s), map of 1869, eclipse at that time, and the attempted sale of Yáay Hít At.óow. Be ready to share thoughts next class.
Dís Yádi 19, 2024
Tlákw.aan, Yáay Hít, Tlʼúkʼx̱ Gáasʼ, Yéil Gáasʼ, G̱unakadeit Gáasʼ, Duktʼootlʼ Gáasʼ, Reflections
Resources: Emmons article [contains racist ideologies] (html), chat (txt)
Assignment: listen to and read Duktʼootlʼ (below) and then reflect on the two conversations we had about Tlákw.aan ḵa Yáay Hít and bring at least ten consecutive sentences that share some of your thoughts on the conversation. We will start class on Tuesday with each of you sharing all of your sentences, and then students will respond to your sentences.
Dís Yádi 17, 2024
Handouts:
Duktʼootlʼ Taakw Kʼwátʼi x̱ʼéidáx̱ (pdf, mp3 below)
Yéil ḵa Tʼá (pdf, mp3 below)
Dís Yádi 17, 2024
Tlákw.aan, Taalḵú, Lukaax̱, G̱aanáx̱, G̱aanáx̱ Tá, Yáay Hít, Gantutlʼúkʼx̱u, Reflections
Handouts: chat (txt)
Lingít Culture & Worldview – Shaa Xeiyí Dísi 28, 2024
Wáa sá at woonei, wáa sá at gug̱anéi, daa sá haa éex̱ yaa nadéin, daa sá haa woodeiḵ, aadé wooch een yéi jigax̱toonéi yé, haa yéi jineiyí dís xʼúxʼu
Handouts: for the class of Tuesday, September 17, review the image and texts below and be prepared to have a conversation about those three things and others.
Yakwx̱waan Tláa Katherine Mills «Yéil ḵa Tʼá»
Chukateen «Gantutlʼúkʼx̱u»
