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SAVE SM'ALGYAX!

Name: SAVE SM'ALGYAX!
Start: Sat, 14 Nov 2015 04:03:21 GMT
End: Fri, 27 Nov 2015 00:00:00 GMT
Location: Custom Ink

SAVE SM'ALGYAX! Fundraiser - unisex shirt design - front

SAVE SM'ALGYAX! Fundraiser - unisex shirt design - back

Gildan Ultra Cotton T-shirt

Sizes YXS - XXXXL
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Help the Tsimshian people of Metlakatla, AK preserve and pass on their language!

All funds raised will be paid directly to The Haayk Foundation for Preserving the language of the Tsimshian People of Metlakatla AK!.

$1,380 raised

117 items sold of

150 goal

Thanks to our supporters!

$20

Gildan Ultra Cotton T-shirt, Unisex - Black

Gildan Ultra Cotton T-shirt

Unisex - Black

About this campaign

"Sm'algya̱x, the Tsimshian language, is dying. But you can help save it! By purchasing this t-shirt you can help us save it for generations to come!

The Tsimshian are an ancient people of the Pacific Northwest who are known to their coastal neighbors as "The People With the Beautiful Language." That language is called Sm'algya̱x, "The Real Language." It is unique and rich, it is rhythmic and expressive, and it is deeply meaningful. It lives up to its beautiful reputation, but it is in grave danger. There are less than 100 people on earth who still speak it fluently, and they are all over the age of 60. Sm'algya̱x is dying.
But it is not too late! We are fighting to save it! The Haayk Foundation is a non-profit organization recently formed in the Tsimshian community of Metlakatla, Alaska. It was founded in order to strengthen our Tsimshian identity by following our mission to preserve, promote, and revitalize Tsimshian language (Sm'algya̱x ), history (Adaawx), and traditions (Ayaawx).
We invite YOU to join the fight! By purchasing this one of a kind t-shirt you will become a participant in our effort to SAVE SM'ALGYA̱X!
All proceeds from this campaign will go toward our #1 goal: to produce a new crop ofyoung flent speaers. We elieve tat savin Sm'algya̱x is the most important issue of our time, that we cannot allow it to disappear from the earth, that it must live on!
The exquisite art on the shirt features traditional formline designed by world class Tsimshian carvers, David Albert and David Robert Boxley (father and son), depicting the cycling life of the salmon which is sacred to the Tsimshian.
Please join the movement to save our beautiful language so that the Haayk, or "spirit," of the Tsimshian will be strong and healthy and the light of Sm'algya̱x may shine on for many generations to come.
K'amgooł waan, bless you and thank you. Wayi wa̱h! Let's go!

Supporters

Girlfriend of Tsimshian 1 item

History and one's culture must survive and that includes language

Stephan P. Zacharias 1 item

Oral traditions and Native Language are too important to let them go extinct

George Bushy 2 items + $10

i support the nation, my mother was born in Port Simpson she was the daughter of William Edwin Gosnell and Catherine Gosnel-[Farlry] n'ee Henry Ginaxanglik, House of Nis'alnaats. Her name was Mariam Ellen Gosnel.

Anonymous 1 item

Displaced Alaskan temporarily living Outside. Love to see pride and saving the native culture. It's what makes Alaska so special.

Janet Buday 2 items

Nancy~Skeenyaa Tlaa 2 items + $10

I believe in the Sm'algyax people. This is my opportunity to support the language revitalization.

Ronnie Fairbanks 1 item + $10

Anonymous 3 items

Anonymous 2 items

Anonymous 1 item

Language and culture are important to preserve. I am not Tsimshian, but know how important it is to feel connected.

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