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CELEBRATION2008 For the Juneau Empire Nora Dauenhauer grew up in a Tlingit family and learned to speak her native tongue as a child. Her sister, Florence Sheakley, and their brothers all speak Tlingit.

Native languages carry to next generation

Taking on a mission: Yarrow Vaara, director of the Sealaska Heritage Institute's language department, shows the Tlingit curriculum that was sent to all school districts in Southeast Alaska. The institute has made revitalizing Native lanugages one of its top priorities.
Erik Stimpfle / For The Juneau Empire
Taking on a mission: Yarrow Vaara, director of the Sealaska Heritage Institute's language department, shows the Tlingit curriculum that was sent to all school districts in Southeast Alaska. The institute has made revitalizing Native lanugages one of its top priorities.
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