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

“Drink from the Vessel of Traditional Knowledge.” Goldbelt Heritage Foundation/2012 Award # 90NL0460/02 from Administration for Native Americans “Tlingit Flowing Through Generations: A Region-Wide Approach to Language Revitalization” 1 Yáanaa Tóodei Yèi Wdudzinei Packing a Backpack ABILITY LEVEL: BEGINNER, INTERMEDIATE Tlingit Cultural Significance There are several verb-forms used when conversing about packing a backpack-picking up, putting down items; packing various items in a closed container (tóodei + ya-tee, sa.-een, ka-sa-taan, sa-nei), and in particular, a verb-form meaning to pack things on one’s back (ya-yaa). Tlingit’s trade with numerous clans and groups of people, and one form of trade in the past was to pack things on the back. This is especially true with the Dry Bay, Chilkat, and Chilkoot areas. There are numerous cultural implications relating to these clans within the verb-forms in this unit. These cultural treasures are known among house groups’, and/or clans’ oral histories, stories, names and…