Notable milestones in our xaad kil mission
2021: Open Format, Beginner Xaad Kil Classes
Easily accessible, twice weekly community classes have now been offered for the past four years. Currently taught by VP Kihl Kul Jaad.
2022 Online Intermediate Xaad Kil Classes
Currently taught by linguist Ryan Kessler, our free weekly classes are available to students who’ve successfully completed beginner level Xaad Kil.
We currently host up to 40 students between beginner and intermediate- from local Alaska and as far as NY and Germany.
2025 Online Advanced Xaad Kil
Our newest offering, progressing our existing Intermediate speakers into conversation based classes, with special features from elder speakers.
2025: Presented at 60th International Conference on Salish and Neighbouring Languages (ICSL
Towards Low-Resource Text-to-Speech Generation for Indigenous Pacific
Northwest Languages: The case of Haida (X̱ aad Kíl)
Morris Alper, Samopriya Basu, Nathan Bennett, Ryan Kessler, S. Verlaine
Ravana, and Wendy F. K’ah Skáahluwaa Todd
2025 Haida Gwaii Exchange
Programming through our Haida Gwaii exchange pilot invites Lucy Bell and Professor Marianne Ignace to share ceremonial practice and professional development through the Naana club autumn activation.