TLINGIT GESTURE SYSTEM This lesson features the “Y-hand” gesture and how it’s used in communication. Watch the full playlist: bit.ly/TlingitGesture The Tlingit Gesture System is a teaching method that uses movement to support Tlingit language learning. Gestures are introduced first, then paired with spoken Tlingit to reinforce meaning and word order. Learn more about the Tlingit Gesture System: sealaskaheritage.org/shi-releases-first-ever-instructional-videos-on-tlingit-gesture-system/ | Sealask

Tlingit people have sustainably harvested our traditional foods for millennia. Salmon are integral to the survival of our way of life, so much so that each of the five Pacific salmon species are owned by different Tlingit clans and represented with their crests. Kichx̱áan (Ketchikan) is world renowned for its fishing. There, archeological evidence of fish traps and weirs radiocarbon date to over 3,000 years ago. Using complex methods of drying, smoking and storing in seal oil, salmon were gather