UAS to offer free Alaska Native language classes this fall

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) – This fall, the College of Alaska Southeast will likely be providing free Alaska Native language courses with no tuition or charges.

Courses are provided in Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian languages in any respect ranges – newbie, intermediate, and superior. 

“The College of Alaska Southeast is dedicated to recognizing and acknowledging historic wrongs endured by Alaska Native Communities. We’re ensuring Indigenous folks do not must pay to study their very own language. It is so essential within the work in direction of language revitalization and general therapeutic,” mentioned Carin Silkaitis, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.

The free courses are for non-credit programs, however credit score might be acquired if a pupil chooses to pay tuition and charges. 

A full listing of courses obtainable might be discovered at uas.alaska.edu/schedule, together with their descriptions. The free language programs are provided each in-person and on-line. College students ought to know that the free choices don’t rely in direction of diploma and certificates necessities.