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Teaching Dena'ina language through stories


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When it comes to stories, it’s not just what you say — it’s how you say it. Local linguists are incorporating storytelling into their language revitalization efforts, giving elders a chance to create and tell stories in their native languages and imparting that knowledge onto language learners. Joel Isaak, an artist and Dena'ina language professor with Kenai Peninsula College, spoke about that project at Alaska Native Studies Symposia, put on by the University of Alaska Anchorage . He said a
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