Classic Tlingit Texts

These texts were mostly created in the 1970s and were scanned and shared by the Alaska State Historical Library. Updated versions will likely be created as slideshows, and the links to those will be updated here as they are created.

Atgutu.ádi by Esther Shea, Vesta L. Dominicks, and Martha Shields (Materials Development Center, University of Alaska)

Haa Atx̱aayí Daa Yéi Jinéi by Esther Shea, Vesta L. Dominicks, and Martha Shields (Materials Development Center, University of Alaska)

Kéet by Henry A. Davis and Claribel Davis (Tlingit Readers, 1973)

Ḵéex̱ʼ Yakyeeyí by Vesta Dominick, Thomas L. Jackson Sr, Johnny C. Jackson, Leona Strang, Virginia Copsey, and Frank Gordon (Materials Development Center, University of Alaska)

Lingít Aaní by Patricia H. Partnow and Jeanette Bailer (Alaska Bilingual Education Center)

Lingít Kinshíp by Vesta Dominicks and J. Leslie Boffa (National Bilingual Materials Development Center, University of Alaska)

Little Readings in Tlingit by Vesta Dominicks and J. Leslie Boffa (National Bilingual Materials Development Center, University of Alaska)

Tlingit Reading Book One (Summer Institute of Linguistics, 1962)

Tlingit Reading Book Two (Summer Institute of Linguistics)

Tlingit Short Stories (Sheldon Jackson College, 1973)

Tlingit Spelling Book by Richard Dauenhauer (Tlingit Readers and Alaska Native Language Center, 1974)

Tlingit Common Expressions by Elaine Ramos, Walter Adams, Joanne Peterson, Mary-Helen Palmer, and Ed Scholz (Sheldon Jackson College, 1972)

Xóotsx̱ X̱ʼayaaḵuwdlig̱adi Shaawát by Yéil Naawú Tom Peters and Nora Florendo (Tlingit Readers, 1973)

Tongass Texts by Frank Williams and Emma Williams, transcribed by Jeff Leer