A Conversation with Tukaan Dan

Tukaan Dan grew up in Anchorage, Alaska and has attended two semesters of the Outer Coast Year in 2023. Over the course of his time in Sitka, Tukaan has become a leader in the Outer Coast community. This fall, he accepted a two-year term as the student representative on the Outer Coast Board of Trustees, […]

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2023 Learners Teaching Learners

In April 2023 Outer Coast hosted its second inaugural Learners Teaching Learners Tlingit language conference, in cooperation with a treasured group of Tlingit teachers, scholars and elders from across Alaska and the Yukon known as the Nerdz Ḵu.oo. One of the centerpieces of the Outer Coast experience, the language conference is an occasion for studying, […]

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2022 Learners Teaching Learners: a Tlingit Language Conference at Outer Coast

In April 2022, Outer Coast hosted the inaugural Learners Teaching Learners: A Tlingit Language Conference at Outer Coast. A study group of teachers and learners (who lovingly call themselves the Tlingit Nerdz) came to Sitka from across Southeast and the Yukon for a sunny weekend immersed in Tlingit language alongside Outer Coast students, staffulty, and […]

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Qaspeq Making in Indigenous Studies

2020-2021 Year students participated in a qaspeq-making working in Indigenous Studies class.

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Course Spotlight: Writing about Place

The first course inaugural 2020 Year students took was Writing about Place: What is Home? with faculty member Sanjena Sathian.

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Yeey aaní káx̱ g̱unéi x̱too.aat (May we walk on your land). Outer Coast is situated on Lingít Aaní, the ancestral home of the Tlingit peoples. We strive to build a community of safe, inclusive, and integrative learning for all. Learn more.