House Bill 39, known as the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children’s Bill of Rights, by Rep. Jamie Allard, R-Eagle River, passed the House of Representatives in a 40-0 vote Tuesday. The legislation ...

Three Alaskans sued state election officials Thursday, alleging that language adopted by the state for a ballot measure seeking to repeal Alaska's open primary and ranked choice voting system is ...

This is part of Alaska Authors, an occasional series about authors and other literary figures with ties to the 49th state. “Every language is important,” Victor Santos said, explaining his work as a ...

Twenty-three Alaska Native languages have been recognized alongside English as official Alaska state languages for a decade, but until this month there was no measure by which its schools could gauge ...

The new course is one of many Tlingit language courses offered for free throughout the community.

When Alaska students learn to read in English, they aim to meet specific expectations and standards that measure their proficiency. Yet when they learn to read in their Alaska Native language — many ...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Gov. Bill Walker has declared an emergency for Alaska Native languages, aiming to promote and preserve all 20 recognized indigenous languages in the state. The order signed this ...

A group of 14 Indigenous educators in Alaska is proposing new standards for how Alaska Native languages — some of which are on the verge of dying out — are taught in the state. In January, the Alaska ...

FAIRBANKS — Village elders have worked with researchers for years to document the slate of native languages found across the state. Many of those languages, including Lower Tanana, are extremely ...