Eyak

[ ee-yak ]

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noun

plural Eyaks, (especially collectively) Eyak

a member of a small tribe of Indians formerly inhabiting the southeastern coast of Alaska.
the language of the Eyak, related to the Athabascan languages.

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Being good stewards entails changing our relationship with food, said Dune Lankard, founder and president of the Native Conservancy and an Eyak Athabaskan.

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Krauss documented conversations with the last surviving speakers of Eyak.

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The report says two of the languages - Eyak and Tsetsa’ut - are considered extinct or dormant with no fluent speakers.

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The report says two of the languages — Eyak and Tsetsa’ut — are considered extinct or dormant with no fluent speakers.

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She’s the program director for the Eyak Preservation Council, an environmental and social-justice-oriented nonprofit based in Cordova, whose primary mission is to protect wild salmon habitat.

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