Editing Language revitalization (section)

=====Tlingit=====
Similar to other indigenous languages, [[Tlingit language|Tlingit]] is critically endangered.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |title=Breathing Life into New Speakers: Nsyilxcn and Tlingit Sequenced Curriculum, Direct Acquisition, and Assessments |journal=[[Canadian Modern Language Review]] |volume=73 |issue=2 |pages=109–132 |last=Johnson |first=S?ímla?xw Michele K. |date=May 2017 |doi=10.3138/cmlr.3549 |s2cid=151866033}}</ref> Fewer than 100 fluent Elders existed as of 2017.<ref name=":0" /> From 2013 to 2014, the language activist, author, and teacher, Sʔímlaʔxw Michele K. Johnson from the Syilx Nation, attempted to teach two hopeful learners of Tlingit in the Yukon.<ref name=":0" /> Her methods included textbook creation, sequenced immersion curriculum, and film assessment.<ref name=":0" /> The aim was to assist in the creation of adult speakers that are of parent-age, so that they too can begin teaching the language. In 2020, X̱ʼunei [[Lance Twitchell]] led a Tlingit online class with [[Outer Coast College]]. Dozens of students participated.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Corinne |title=Free online Tlingit language class sees widespread interest during pandemic |url=https://www.ktoo.org/2020/08/11/free-online-tlingit-language-class-sees-widespread-interest-during-pandemic/ |access-date=25 March 2021 |work=KFSK |publisher=KTOO FM |date=11 August 2020}}</ref> He is an associate professor of Alaska Native Languages in the School of Arts and Sciences at the [[University of Alaska Southeast]] which offers a minor in Tlingit language and an emphasis on Alaska Native Languages and Studies within a Bachelorʼs degree in Liberal Arts.<ref>{{cite news |title=UAS ceremony honors 670 grads |url=https://www.juneauempire.com/news/uas-ceremony-honors-670-grads/ |access-date=25 March 2021 |work=Juneau Empire |date=3 May 2016}}</ref>