Resilient Peoples & Place: Bringing up a new generation of Indigenous snow shredders

“Yak’éi i yaada xwalgeiní” (“it is good to see your face”) reads one of the first lines of a Lingít phrase sheet given to youth participants of Douglas Indian Association’s (DIA) Snow Camp. The camp at Eaglecrest Ski Area is geared toward creating opportunities for Alaska Native youth to go skiing and snowboarding throughout the winter. John Bullock, a chaperone for the camp and Lingít speaker, puts together the list of phrases and also records pronunciation videos so the kids can connect the language with the outdoor activities they are participating in.

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