At Language Camp, Reclaiming Tradition Is Between Basketball And Lunch

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Alaska has become the second state, after Hawaii, to recognize indigenous languages as official state languages. Supporters hope this will help revitalize those languages, many of which have just a handful native speakers left. Casey Kelly of KTOO reports on one such effort: a kids' basketball camp, where drills are combined with Tlingit language lessons.

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