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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Alaska Native children displaced last month by floods that destroyed hundreds of homes in remote villages are finding some familiarity in a school language immersion program where students speak their ...

The Yukon-Kuskokwim hub of Bethel is seen from the air on July 13, 2015. The Bethel Census Area, where many residents speak Yup'ik, is one of the rural regions where U.S. Justice Department ...

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 ...