Level 1 – Foundational Learning (Elementary) | Tlingit Language Units | Kinesthetic Learning, Direct Instruction

Jín Du.ús’k Hand Washing Grade Levels: Beginning Levels/Elementary “Drink from the Vessel of Traditional Knowledge.” Goldbelt Heritage Foundation/2011 Award # 90NL0460/02 from Administration for Native Americans “Tlingit Flowing Through Generations: A Region- Wide Approach to Language Revitalization” Tlingit Cultural Significance: Prior to contact, the parable of Aak’wtaatseen was told so people could learn how to properly clean and take care of the materials needed to prepare and preserve salmon. Then, in the mid-1920s, the Alaska Native Sisterhood created a bylaw, whereby children attending government schools were expected to be well-dressed and clean, according to Western standards. Elder/Culture Bearer Role: Invite an elder to retell the Aak’wtaatseen story, or listen to an abbreviated version online at www.sealaskaheritage.org/programs/language_resources.htm Scroll down until you find the link titled: Shanyaak’utlaax (a parable belonging to the Kiks.ádi, rewritten in Tlingit and produced by SHI). Other ideas include inviting a group of Tlingit speakers to come in…