Alaska, Hawaiʻi and the US Pacific
Tsimshian
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Lands
Metlakatla on the Annette Islands Reserve, Southeast Alaska, United States; Tsimshian homelands continue in British Columbia, Canada
Countries United States
Facts 3
Language
The Hyaak Foundation in Metlakatla works to keep Sm'algyax, the Tsimshian language, alive and well.
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Land
The Metlakatla Indian Community on the Annette Islands holds the only Indian reserve in Alaska.
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Achievement
In 1977 Metlakatla adopted a standard practical spelling system for the Tsimshian language, also meant for Coast Tsimshian communities in Canada.
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