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About the Tā̀gish language
Read about the Tagish language.
Encouragement Phrases Poster
Tagish Poster
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Alphabet Chart
Tā̀gish Alphabet Chart
Interactive Storybook with Audio
Kų’ Eyû. At Home – Lucy Wren
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Interactive Language Lesson with Audio
Lucy Wren – Tagish Language
Recorded by Lucy Wren
© 2005-2007 Lucy Wren and Yukon Native Language Centre
Original Art by Susan McCallum
Tā̀gish Downloadable Learner Resources
About These Resources
This page provides links to digital copies of language lessons, literacy session booklets, and story books that have been prepared over the past thirty years by the Yukon Native Language Centre and Tagish Elders and community members. The work of all contributors to these materials is gratefully acknowledged here.
Recognizing the importance for Yukon First Nations governments, Elders, advocates, learners, and teachers of Tagish to have access to language resources, the Council of Yukon First Nations‘ Yukon Native Language Centre and Yukon Education‘s First Nations Programs and Partnerships Unit have worked together to provide the language materials below with assistance from Christopher Cox. These digital resources are available for use under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Sharealike 4.0 International License 
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It is hoped that they will provide additional support for all those interested in studying, learning, and teaching the Kaska language. To order printed copies of any of these resources from YNLC, please consult the current catalogue of publications.
Language Lessons with Audio
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Tagish Language Lessons.
Wren, Lucy and Yukon Native Language Centre. 1994.
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Story Books
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Khandey Kah Ładèhzhā. The Moose Hunt.
Wren, Lucy and Yukon Native Language Centre. 1997.
Łūge Chʼehgan. Drying Fish.
Wren, Lucy and Yukon Native Language Centre. 2001.
Publications by Mrs. Angela Sidney
Audio companion for Haa Shagóon (Our Family History) by Mrs. Angela Sidney
Listen to the voice of Mrs. Angela Sidney reading the Names from Haa Shagóon (Our Family History) by Mrs. Angela Sidney. This is a digitized cassette recording, there are two files – one for side a and one for side b of the cassette.
Download the audio .zip folder so you can listen as you read the book. (Note this is a large file – 89MB)
This book is available for purchase from YNLC. Use the Order Form to order this book.
Haa Shagóon (Our Family History) Angela Sidney. 1983. Compiled by Julie Cruikshank. Whitehorse: Yukon Native Language Centre. ISBN 1-896382-52-5. $50 An extensive description of the genealogies and clan affiliations of Mrs. Sidneyʼs extended family. Includes genealogical charts, tables, and index. 85 pages.
Place names of the Tagish Region, Southern Yukon
Compiled by Mrs. Angela Sidney for the Yukon Native Languages Project. 1980.
Tagish Tlaagú
Tagish Stories
by Mrs. Angela Sidney
Recorded by Julie Cruikshank with drawings by Susan McCallum.
Tagish Literacy Workshop
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- Tagish Literacy Workshop. Workshop held at the Tagish Water Centre, Tagish, Yukon, August 10–14, 1991. Tagish Literacy Workshop. 1994. Tagish, YT: n.p.
Search all Tā̀gish print resources
For detailed instructions on how to search, view, download, and print these materials, please see the language learning resources guide.
This embedded document contains all Tagish print resources. It allows you to search all documents at one time. Click your mouse in the document window below and then Type ‘Ctrl’ and ‘f’ keys on your keyboard. Type in a search word or phrase in the small box that pops up and then hit ‘enter’ key. You can type in english or Tagish but you cannot use diacritics in the search.
Search all Tā̀gish print resources
- Search all printed Tagish language resources (137 pages, 13 MB).
- Search all printed Tagish story books (36 pages, 5 MB).
