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 ====== Tlingít in Alaska, United States of America ====== ====== Tlingít in Alaska, United States of America ======
  
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 ==== Language vitality according to: ==== ==== Language vitality according to: ====
  
-^ [[http://​www.unesco.org/​languages-atlas/​|UNESCO]] ​        ^ [[https://​www.ethnologue.com/​language/​fry/​|Ethnologue]] ​           ^ [[http://​www.endangeredlanguages.com/lang/10425|Endangered Languages]] ​ ^+^ [[http://​www.unesco.org/​languages-atlas/​|UNESCO]] ​        ^ [[https://​www.ethnologue.com/​language/​tli/​|Ethnologue]] ​           ^ [[http://​www.endangeredlanguages.com|Endangered Languages]] ​ ^
 | {{ :​endangerment:​red.png?​nolink |Critically Endangered}} ​ | {{ :​endangerment:​red.png?​nolink |8 out of 10 (10 means extinct)}} ​ | {{ :​endangerment:​red.png?​nolink |Critically Endangered}} ​               | | {{ :​endangerment:​red.png?​nolink |Critically Endangered}} ​ | {{ :​endangerment:​red.png?​nolink |8 out of 10 (10 means extinct)}} ​ | {{ :​endangerment:​red.png?​nolink |Critically Endangered}} ​               |
  
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 Moreover, in 1971 the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act was passed and Alaska Natives received title to 40 million acres of land and 962.5 million dollars in compensation,​ and new schools were built after that in areas inhabited predominantly by native population ((Sarah Marie Ford. //Public Education and Alaska Natives: A Case Study of Educational Policy Implementation and Local Context// (2010). <​https://​etd.ohiolink.edu/​rws_etd/​document/​get/​bgsu1276628128/​inline>​ [accessed 02 December 2017])). Moreover, in 1971 the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act was passed and Alaska Natives received title to 40 million acres of land and 962.5 million dollars in compensation,​ and new schools were built after that in areas inhabited predominantly by native population ((Sarah Marie Ford. //Public Education and Alaska Natives: A Case Study of Educational Policy Implementation and Local Context// (2010). <​https://​etd.ohiolink.edu/​rws_etd/​document/​get/​bgsu1276628128/​inline>​ [accessed 02 December 2017])).
  
-Finally, on 23rd October 2014, Alaskan representatives passed ​bill HB216, entitled: "An act adding the Inupiaq, Siberian Yupik, Central Alaskan Yup'​ik,​ Alutiiq, Unangax, Dena'​ina,​ Deg Xinag, Holikachuk, Koyukon, Upper Kuskokwim, Gwich'​in,​ Tanana, Upper Tanana, Tanacross, Hän, Ahtna, Eyak, Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian languages as official languages of the state" ((The Alaska State Legislature. //Bill HB216// (2014) <​http://​www.legis.state.ak.us/​basis/​get_bill.asp?​bill=HB%20216&​session=28>​ [accessed 02 December 2017])). ​+Finally, on 23rd October 2014, Alaskan representatives passed ​[[general_information:​usa_legislation|House Bill 216]], entitled: "An act adding the Inupiaq, Siberian Yupik, Central Alaskan Yup'​ik,​ Alutiiq, Unangax, Dena'​ina,​ Deg Xinag, Holikachuk, Koyukon, Upper Kuskokwim, Gwich'​in,​ Tanana, Upper Tanana, Tanacross, Hän, Ahtna, Eyak, Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian languages as official languages of the state" ((The Alaska State Legislature. //Bill HB216// (2014) <​http://​www.legis.state.ak.us/​basis/​get_bill.asp?​bill=HB%20216&​session=28>​ [accessed 02 December 2017])). ​
  
 This bill made 20 native languages official languages of the state of Alaska alongside English (which had been made official in 1998) ((State Symbols USA. //English + 20 Alaska State Languages// <​https://​statesymbolsusa.org/​symbol/​alaska/​state-language-or-poetry/​english>​ [accessed 02 December 2017])). This bill made 20 native languages official languages of the state of Alaska alongside English (which had been made official in 1998) ((State Symbols USA. //English + 20 Alaska State Languages// <​https://​statesymbolsusa.org/​symbol/​alaska/​state-language-or-poetry/​english>​ [accessed 02 December 2017])).
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