The book contains the entire Gwich’in alphabet and 72 words for people to learn.
“Learners, especially young learners, it’s set up so that they can practice writing the Gwich’in letters as well as practice writing a word in the language that contains that letter and then also a picture, that they get to color in,” said Evon Peter, a board member of GSCIA.
Passing on the Gwich’in language to the next generation is critical, Peter said. Like many other Alaska Native languages, Gwich’in has been facing extinction due to loss of native speakers. Today, Peter said there are only around 150 highly proficient speakers of Gwich’in. “My mother was a part of the generation of being sent off to boarding school and being physically beaten for speaking our language,” Peter said. “That generation that was sent out to boarding schools and were physically abused for speaking our language and being who we are chose not to pass that language and that hardship on to their children’s generation.”
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