Maureen Atkinson Canada 15.1.2006 16:46:55 maureen_atkinson@telus.net http:// Sorry to ask this in the guest book. On the front page to your website you say that of the first 50 people converts who went with Duncan - ...vowed to give up their language. What is the source for this statement as my research indicates just the opposite. Duncan spoke Tsimshian fluently and only of a few of his younger converts had any English at all. Five years after the move from Simpson to Metlakatla BC, it was recorded by Dean Ed. Cridge that the people were reluctant to speak in English. If they had agreed to give up Tsimshian, why was it used in the schools and church and why would they not want to speak it the visiting clergy? My research on the life of one such family (who remained behind at Metlakatla in 1887) illustrates just the opposite - the language was in use and strong up until the early 1900's. If you have further information which could clarify this point, I would appreciate hearing from you. With best wishes, Maureen Atkinson in Terrace BC

Nda wila waan, Maureen, We thank you for your interest in our web site. Your question about the language on our History page is one that has been of great concern to all of us. There have been many stories and strong feelings about why the language was not passed down to each generation. The passage you are referring to comes from the book, The Tsimshian, edited by Margaret Seguin (page 8-par 2) and concerns a group of Kitka'ata.
Donna May's nauh, Martha Sumner, whom we have dedicated our work to, was one of the original pioneers that came to New Metlakatla from B.C. and spoke nothing but Shim-al-gyack (one of the reasons that Donna May is fluent to this day). It was used by all of the pioneers and some of their family members. However, it was discouraged because of their effort to assimilate into the English world. I hope this helps to shed some light on our statement which we could discuss for many hours. As you have seen by our web site it has been our primary goal to keep the language alive in any way we can. Sha-aam-dza waan,
George Blandov & Sylvia Guthrie USA 10.1.2005 23:15:58 http:// Hello, Donna Mae! We are so sorry that we missed your class a few months ago in Ketchikan! Things came up that we HAD to do! Hopefully we'll see you back here again in the near future!
Teri Norberg - Overbaugh (Rosler) USA 11.1.2005 15:23:21 QueenTeree@aol.com http:// I am of Tshimsian decent, from the Raven Clan. Anna Pike was my great, great, great, great (you know what I mean) grandmother. I am a decendant of the Rosler family. I appreciate that this sight is available as I know very little about my heritage and today I found this and a lot more information! It has been a good day! A few years ago it seemed as though I couldn't find any information about my heritage and today I seem to be finding quite a lot. I have a cousin who recently went to Metlakatla to work in the clinic there and now I have seen pictures which makes me feel closer to my past. I hope to visit one day and bring my children so that they may see and feel where there ancestors came from. This has been a long journey which is far from over as well as an emotional one. Although I am taking baby steps and learning inch by inch about the culture I came from I feel so connected and that I belong to a people and a place even though I have never been there. Thank you so much!
Kirstie USA 23.1.2005 22:8:36 kirstie_dundas92@hotmail.com http:// Hey, I'm Kirstie and I come from Metlakatla, Alaska. It's beautiful island, and who ever hasn't been here it's a great place. So yeah. I read some of the other sign in people's messages and I forgot to give even a little bit of info. I was born in Ketchikan, but have lived here in "New" Metlakatla for 13 years, as long as I have been alive. I'm related to Sarah Booth, our oldest and most respected elder. My father is full Tsimpshian so I must be alot, and I'm a girl obviously and I'm very lucky to be able to live on this island, and I'm part of the eagle clan, So now you know a little but about me.
Ann USA 26.1.2005 9:31:16 http:// This is a very interesting site/project. Great job on the website!
katherine leblanc USA 12.2.2005 9:58:58 katherinealeblanc@msn.com http:// hi; my name is katherine, my very dear friend mary, sent me this; i am truly amazed, and i appreciate, the beauty, and the legend, thank you so very, much for sharing, this; and a very special thank you, to my dear friend mary, from sacremento, california; katherine
lucretia mckay United Kingdom 13.2.2005 22:24:34 lucretiamckay@yahoo.com http:// Makes me proud to find a website like this!More so when I can view pictures of one my auntys!My mother was Sharlene Alice McKay,daughter of Violet Booth!thank you!
Geert Sturm Netherlands 14.2.2005 22:42:4 g.sturm@zeelandnet.nl http:// A dream lead me here :)
Ernest Young USA 22.2.2005 9:36:2 alaskahere@yahoo.com http:// Greeting, I am Ernest Young, born in Metlakatla, my mother is Ann Dunas. Just writing to say hello.
Edna Pinto USA 23.2.2005 11:52:34 shenoahcrazi@yahoo.com http://
Grant USA 6.3.2005 23:42:2 http:// Hey Tony, I met you this morning on the Raz. That author I was telling you about is named Sherman Alexie, I think you might really like his stuff. It was nice meeting you and I wish you luck on preserving this language and culture. See you soon, Grant
Alysia Rosario USA 14.3.2005 12:51:57 AlysiaRosario@hotmail.com http:// I was just wanted to say hello.
Kat Farricy USA 23.3.2005 16:18:52 kat_farr@yahoo.com http:// I have to say this site is the best for those of us who miss our home and family. This site almost brought on the "Water Works" Whoever is responsible for this site, Thank You. You guys did a great job. I know my sister and I truely appreciate it.
David Nelson III USA 26.3.2005 13:0:6 dave_nelson3d@yahoo.com http:// gum goalth waan it is great to see our Culture and heritage held in such high prestige I have to say Lukwil Am to the Website I have been checking this site out as well the the UNBC site to learn more as well as talking to David R. Boxley , Miquel I Askren , leanring more songs from David A. Boxley that he gives to the Killer Whale Dancers as well as from Arnold Booth to learn all this in what I can and from whom I can I believe I can see so many views on the culture and you get to start to see it as a whole. I am Happy to say when I attended Tsm'syen Day in Prince Rupert in 2004 I had a hard time speaking english infront of so many Tsm'syen the more I learn the more I understand I am writing song and just am happy to see so many people involved in the culture. dt>
Angie USA 13.4.2005 11:42:0 angierulz89@hotmail.com http:// Hello, great site! My name is Angie Sweringen, I currently live in Metlakatla, Alaska and am the daughter of Marguerite Martinez. Granddaughter of Corrine Lang Reeve and great granddaughter of Cora Brendible Lang. I am of the Eagle clan.
Anne Palmer Canada 5.5.2005 13:2:45 anne_palmer11@hotmail.com http:// Proud to be T'simsian and Gitk'san
Irish Cornaire USA 10.5.2005 16:33:53 four_clovers2005@yahoo.co.uk http:// Have not been back to Metlakatla since 1994,my children are Satoko Hamasaki,Cory,Kerry and Niall Atkinson,they'er father is Lester B. Atkinson and they'er Grandmother is Katie Atkinson! I do miss Metlakatla sometimes esp during the Spring and Summer! I do wish that my children had learned the old language,I read somswhere that the language most likey die before the next century...tis sad! Well guess thats all I have to say for now! Slainte,Irish Cornaire...formly Irish Atkinson!
Irish Cornaire USA 12.5.2005 12:52:24 four_clovers2005@yahoo.co.uk http:// Slainte Tony & Donna: Thankye verra much for e-mailimg me and welcoming me to ye site which I think is most grand! I am glad to know that ye are trying to instill the old language in the young ones and even those that are grown and want to learn the old language... My culture as ye most likely know by now is Irish and like the many tribes since the 16,17 and 1800's was banded by white missionaries just like like my orefathers people,the catholic church did the same to the gaelic speaking people of Ireland and like ye are trying to bring back the old language too! Correction...it was not the catholic's but the British that wanted to annialate the gaelic language along with song's and dance....the british starved my people during the british invasion and tryied to colonize Ireland under british rule but that only lasted a couple 100 yrs so like my people they went thru what the many tribes went thru,maybe that is why I lived the native culture for over 20 yrs but finally embraced my own post 9/11 which is when I lost my uncle and nephew when the 2nd tower collpased and like my irish brothers and sisters am trying to learn the gaelic lanuage which I hope to teach my own children,tis be grand if they were to speak Tsimshian and Gaelic! Have a wonderful day,Irish May the wind alway's be at ye back!
Irish Cornaire USA 26.5.2005 7:33:37 four_clovers2005@yahoo.co.uk http:// Been a few day's since I last posted,just a quick greeting from Watertown,NY My daughter Kerry Atkinson will be coming to New York this August,she will be 18,whew I'm feeling a wee bit ancient,lol,anyway I will be taking Kerry to her first Irish Cultural Festival,pretty much like the Potlatch,there will be story telling,crafts,Irish food,step dancers from out of Ireland and all over the states,they will be competeing for the National Trophy and the International Trophy. Like the Alaskan tribes the Irish also have clans,mine is the Sheild Lion and my children with the exception of my youngest are of the Raven Clan,my oldest daughter Satoko was adopted into the Raven clan,a proud moment for me:O) Satoko's best friend from Metlakatla is Forest Haven and right now she is in New Zealand,they too have tribes there,if ye have not seen the movie (Whale Rider) then I suggest ye watch it,its a verra moving picture,just be sure to have tissue near by! Everyone have a grand day! Slainte,Irish Cornaire
Victor Wesley Donaldson Canada 30.5.2005 16:11:7 m.vdonaldson@shaw.ca http:// Best First Nations site ever. Proud to say I'm Tsimshian, from Metlakatla, Eagle clan. Found your site as a link from Matt Vickers site. I'm doing research on my heritage and will get valuable info from your site. Thanks and keep up the great work. I live in Surrey, BC and hope to visit Metlakatla, Port Simpson and Prince Rupert next year. My mother was Lavinia Agnus McKay from Port Simpson. I would like to find out more about my mothers history and heritage when I visit. I would also like to learn the language. Thanks again for your great website.
Dave Nelson III USA 30.5.2005 19:49:52 phreak119@hotmail.com http://www.freewebs.com/killer_whale_dancers hey just enjoyed looking though the site and learned more as I enjoy learning more of our culture I also love to learn the language
Stephanie Jeanne Gott USA 31.5.2005 2:20:39 igott69@hotmail.com http:// What a great website to visit!! I really enjoyed looking at the pictures and trying to sound out the words of the native language as I read along! I will definately visit this site again soon! Thank you for allowing me the opportunity to view it!! Stephanie (James) Gott
Deshia Canada 10.6.2005 10:52:28 brendaclifton_03@hotmail.com I am so pround to see this website. I live really close to princess Royal Island, so i have a chance to see the spirit bear I'm Tsimshian and my clan is eagle. Thank you for this site.
Jerry Ann Gray USA 23.6.2005 16:34:42 Tlintsimlady@aol.com http:// Hi to all, I am from the Wolf clan. My Grandmother is Anna Baxter Dundas. My Grandfather is Francis S.Dundas Sr.
Sandra Browne USA 24.6.2005 14:36:6 rncloudndn55@msn.com http:// Hi Donna & Tony I really enjoy your website and am still trying to learn. I look forward to the next time you come to Ketchikan again. Lameen USA 27.6.2005 14:24:42 http://www.rosettaproject.com/ Great site! I hope your efforts are successful. We're operating a free (& ad-free) forum for endangered languages at http://emeld.rosettaproject.org/ ; if a chatroom / forum on this would be useful for learners, we'd be happy to set one up.
Mollie R. Burton USA 1.7.2005 13:20:2 mollierae@gci.net http:// I was looking on the internet and found your website, I am half Tsimpsian, born in Ketchikan, AK. My father was raised in Metlakatla, AK- He has passed away, his name was Frank B. Burton. I am now living in Seward, AK. I have not looked at all of the website yet but it is wonderful that it is here and I can listen to the old language. I hope all of the programs and things you do are successful and thank you.
Irish USA 11.7.2005 19:49:0 four_clovers2005@yahoo.co.uk http://iceire@irishnations.com Slainte everyone: Just checking in to see any new peeps or posting's!
John Twaddell USA 17.7.2005 21:6:14 gispawadweda@aol.com http:// Bonsoir mes Tsimshian pere et soir.
Darren Edgar Canada 19.7.2005 11:8:48 Darren.Edgar@cowichantribes.com http:// I am originally from Klemtu and have lived there for most of my life. I am now living on Vancouver Island, I can certainly appreciate the serene beauty of our traditional territory. I do agree that we should do all that we can to protect it, in the years to come, I hope that when I do return home, the land and the forests remain intact, not only for the wildlife, but for the people who call this territory "home".
Danielle Chalmers-Horne USA 2.8.2005 17:16:19 la_mujer2141@hotmail.com http:// I am Tsimshian and wanting to learn new things...i love this page!
Irish Cornaire USA 11.8.2005 10:46:16 four_clovers2005@yahoo.co.uk http:// Slainte Donna May: I have to say(Go raibh maith agat)(Thankyou)because of ye website I was reunited with a verra dear friend (Mary Haldane-Kennedy). I was in her wedding when she and her husband married and am also God-Mother to her daughter (Renee) :O). Mary and I finally have caught up on alot of time missed and are e-mailing and talking on the phone... Again Donna May thankye so much. Have a grand day! Slan agat (Goodbye) Irish
Leo Kostrometinoff Jr. USA 5.9.2005 22:22:14 thenorthlion@yahoo.com http:// Just working here in Juneau with "Americorps" or "Yabah" there both the same thing I was just looking at Metlakatla on-line and thought I would leave a message, who would read this I dont know, but its good to see a site like this one, I miss home just a little bit and as of now im taking a class with the "V.T.R.C" and things are going great, its been awhile Met. almost 6 years now grew up there 18 years and moved after I Graduated, but now im so glad to be back in Alaska, Love the site.....later!
Candis Anderson USA 16.9.2005 12:53:44 candis_a@hotmail.com http:// Bonnie "Seabreeze" Driscoll USA 22.9.2005 3:27:43 alaskinmade-dbd@yahoo.com http:// Hello! Really enjoy reading the posts and seeing so many people who love our culture. Looking forward to learning Shim-al-gyack this weekend at T&H Celebraion!
"EBB" Betsy Johnson Canada 23.9.2005 16:14:44 ecjebjinlove@yahoo.com "EBB" Betsy Johnson 91-829 Moneha Place EWA Beach, HI. 96706 'Nda-wila-waan Shu-guyna? Oh! and your um-she-wa husband, Huk-dsab. AAAAng! 'Gubit 'nuuyu. Tsu-'sgum wun,Ggan-haa-da wil hoksh-gu ada Mack-la-ckaa-hla. Amm wila-waalu, Lu'kwil aam lacka. Aama-'pas-a tka'nee goa, in EWA Beach, Hawaii, I'm on Ohau and in one of the hotter areas, here with my um-she-wa huband. I'm lonesome for my people, and work, the cool Alaskan air. My husband goes to Iraq again for the 2nd time, in Dec. 11th 2005. I am interestd in the new songs you put together. And do you know Shannon Thunderbird? So, you're you're moving to Seattle? Sha-am-dza-waan. Gilksh ama needzin. 'Ndim needzin dza ha'weeni.
Tom Burton USA 24.9.2005 19:45:24 raystorm_@hotmail.com http://asuaf.org/~fstfb1 Hello, My name is Tom Burton. Frank Burton was my Grandfather. I have been interested in learning about my native heritige for yeas now, unfortnalty I never really got very interested Until after we moved away from Ketchikan, AK to Seward, Ak. If anyone knows anything about my grandfather, or where I should look to learn any help would be greatly appreciated.
Cheryl Haven USA 4.10.2005 12:7:40 chaven@kictribe.org http://www.kictribe.org Dearest Donna, I've long awaited for something like this. You are truley the pioneer of preserving our language. I'm still hoping that I can take your class when you come to Ketchikan next! N'Doyckshin Shimghet Hytgin (otherwise known as Cheryl Haven)
Sailing Man United Kingdom 4.10.2005 18:49:55 e-nospameverplease@nospmaever.org http://www.ukafloat.com/ You have a great site! I enjoyed my visit, please visit my site if you have time - www.ukafloat.com
Friend of family USA 11.10.2005 9:13:18 http:// Just to let some of you know Harry "Buddy" Lang passed away last week. He will be dearly missed.
Heather Biehl USA 17.10.2005 21:26:3 hezzyb@sbcglobal.met http:// I was so amazed at this web sight. My Tsimshian clan is the Raven. My mother is Sandra Biehl (nee Mckinnie) and my grandmother was Dorthy Mckinnie (nee Hayward). I grew up far away from Metlekatla where both my mother and my grandmother grew up and though they and some other relatives have told me many stories I do not remember hearing much of the language spoken. My uncle Rex gave me my own "name" not a real one but one for me and my grandma and mom would always call us kids skookums (don't know if the spelling is right on that). That is all I ever heard until I found this site. It makes me so excited to hear my, our language spoken. When I can save up some money(I am a poor college student right now) I am totally gonna send off your materials. I think it is so wonderful that you are working so hard to keep this lanuage alive. Everything about this site is great. Thank you for providing a place where I can learn more about my hertitage. :) Thanks! oh my address is 2100 W. Commonwealth Ave. #279 Fullerton CA. 92833 and once again 'doy-gg.
Vince Wesley Canada 6.11.2005 11:28:1 naslund1974@hotmail.com http:// Excellent Website Keep up the good work Thanks Vince
Kevin Ubbelohde USA 6.11.2005 18:5:55 cathiu@mchsi.com http:// I use to live in Metlakatla as my father was the pastor at the William Duncan Memorial church from I believe 1967-1971. I have always thought of visiting again but I guess this is the best I can do until I can afford to actually visit. Some of my fondest memories as a child are from the island. '
martin dundas jr USA 7.11.2005 9:11:45 cancer@gci.net http://profiles.yahoo.com/americanbadass99835 I posted back in april 2003, here to post again, I continue to learn about culture, and i have been a part of my clan structure here in sitka, I am of the Kaagwaantaan, box house, my fathers clan is the killerwhale, my grand mother is Pauline Dundas, and her mother is Fanny Haldane, I remember both of them and I miss them dearly. It is always great to be proud, and I am proud to be both tsimshian, and tlingit. Oftentimes I wonder about my friends and family in metlakatla, it is good to keep in touch so I call family every other day. I really miss living in Metlakatla, I do hope to spend a summer there in the coming years. I want to be a part of our living culture and would love to see it grow some more. I really get it out there and tell people where I grew up, people ask about metlakatla, and i tell them how much our families love us. I should really cut this short, so if any of you tsimshian out there want to contact me, send me a message to my email, or my yahoo, I would be more than happy to talk with anyone who writes me!
Elizabeth Jean Marie Kristovich USA 22.11.2005 11:2:20 flygurl145@hotmail.com http:// Hello, I am a Tsimshian and my clan is Grizzly Bear and Wolf! I have family over in Met, and there names are Joesaphine and her kids Sharron and a few more. I just was researching our Native culture for a research paper. I am a senior and was just checking out the site. It would be kool if you guys could send me any information in the Tsimshian Indians! Thanks for your time! Elizabeth
Hesh Canada 23.11.2005 1:2:10 hesh1@hotmail.com http:// Just 5min into this website and I found exactly what I have been serching for... a dictionary, and with speach!! Cool! Thanks
Rebecca Hudson Nichols USA 12.12.2005 15:0:40 nicholsrd@netzero.net http:// I am a member of the wolf clan. My mailing address is: 718 Griffin Ave PMB 265, Enumclaw, WA 98022. I am happy to learn that you have a program that teaches this language. I have been interested in learning it for some time now. I also have a question. Sometimes I see Tsimshian spelled differently (Tsimpsian) Why is that? which is correct? Thanks, Rebecca
Michael JOHNSON United Kingdom 17.12.2005 8:44:55 mickjohnson9943@hotmail.com http:// I recently saw the documentary Island of the Ghost Bear on UK TV and have recorded it for the future. I am interested in most things Canadian especially the natural habitat and wildlife. My wife and I have spent the last two holidays on the West Coast and Alaska so I was very interested in the film and my subsequent discovery of your site. I wish I could wave a magic wand and make the National Park happen,I wish everyone involved the very best of luck.
Tillie Ridley Hoff USA 19.12.2005 23:21:10 hoff8633@yahoo.com http:// I truly appreciate this website of our Tsimpsian heritage. I never learned to speak Tsimpsian as my mother Martha Williams Ridley Carle was Tlingit and my father Herman Ridley was Tsimpsian; so neither spoke Tlingit or Tsimpsian in our household...I am truly sorry that my grandparents Robert and Maryann Calvert Ridley did not teach us Tsimpsian or maternal grandparents George and Louisa George Williams teach us Tlingit or Haida. I am very happy to learn that our language and culture of the Tsimpsian nation is being actiivated. Keep up the good works. I am of Raven-Coho clan. Also, happy to see a lot of relatives I didn't know about are signed up in this website. Wonderful! Toni Lee Hudson USA 11.1.2004 19:24:55 bluetaurusgirl@hotmail.com http:// Hi Donna May Thanks for keeping up such an amazing cause! I belong to the Wolf Clan and I miss Metlakatla very much. Until I can get back, I can visit this great website when I get homesick. :-)
Robin Hudson USA 12.1.2004 21:43:40 bobhudson42@yahoo.com http:// Tony, Donna May, this site is such a joy. My daughter found it and has been studying Shim-al-Gyack. The songs Auntie Lillian taught her are coming back. An idea for your site would be for you to use that beautiful voice and sing for us. I have a grandson I would love to get him started with song. I was in Bend with a really nice elk and called you guys but I found you had moved. I am very happy to once again get in touch with you both. God Bless your whole family and the work you are doing on this site. I will be faithful to spend time here but I doubt I will ever be able to speak to you with Shim-al-Gyack. Robin/Lak-gi-Boo
James D. Hobucket USA 4.2.2004 21:3:26 jhobuck@webtv.net http:// I am Wil i sub Hobucket Quileute La Push WA from the house of Hobucket Killerwhale Clan my friend Bill S told me about this site is nice. Bill came along way since Coos Bay, Or. 1973 hic hic. Nice job keep up the good work, and happy journey's.
Theanne Smith USA 6.2.2004 21:7:50 theanne_smith@hotmail.com http:// Hello my name is Theanne Smith I live on the Makah rez in Neah Bay,Wa I am part of the Raven Clan my mom is Linda Arriola from Ketchikan I don't know to much about my heritage but always whant to know more
Alberta Jones USA 7.2.2004 22:2:36 jonesa1@jsd.k12.ak.us http:// Hello from Juneau. We are getting a dance group going here. People can reach me or wmwellington@yahoo.com if interested or want to know more about it. We are in the process of making sure we follow protocols to make it all happen. About 15 people are interested at this point without many hearing about it yet. Will there be language class offered at UAS over the summer? Nice website and good contacts. Alberta Jones(late father-Al Nelson)
Rebecca Roberts Canada 13.2.2004 8:49:16 lovinmynsdtr@shaw.ca http:// Thank you for suggesting that I visit your site! You have done such a wonderful job. My mother is currently tracing our heritage. We are still looking for confirmation of which clan we decend from. It's very exciting to learn more about our heritage. Truly something to be proud of. Thanks again! Rebecca Roberts Langley, B.C.
melodie(starr)Johnson Canada 9.3.2004 9:7:1 mjohnson@kitsumkalum.bc.ca http:// Hey this is a great website,is there a way to download the font system to write smalgyax?? Thanks ..
April Dennis Canada 16.3.2004 1:25:47 haidaboy27@hotmail.com http://www.laxkwalaams.ca Hi I am Tsimshian and from the Village of Lax'kw'alaams and my crest is the raven,the house of the gitando... donald frank USA 23.3.2004 16:28:8 dfrank@fs.fed.us http:// enjoy your web site; I was born in Met but was raised in Sitka i never heard tha language so this site is very helpful thank you.
Owen McKelvie Canada 1.4.2004 20:54:54 Owen_449@msn.com http:// I'm doing some research on my Native culture. My Great Gandfather I found was Blackcrow from Kitsum Kalum and my Great Grandmother was Blackfish. My mom was born in Terrace. I'm not sure what line the clan goes down so if you'd like to email me about that, that would be great. This is an informative page. If you have any info on these clans that you'd be willing to give that would be great as well, thank you.
Bradley West USA 29.4.2004 22:16:0 abwest@earthlink.net http:// I am very interested in purchasing the cd rom that you offer. I live in the state of Kansas but my family grew up on Annete Island (greatgrandfather, grandmother, father). Hanburry (sp?) is the name.
Glenn E Guthrie USA 4.5.2004 21:48:16 guth3@aptalaska.net http:// This is great! I am taking lessons with Sarah Booth, and between this site and her sessions, it has been a great big help as I am a member of the 4th Generation Dancers. Gum-Goalth-Waan "da-ish" !!!!
Mike Belgin Jr USA 11.5.2004 18:31:46 hoopster65@comcast.net http:// Hello Tony, Hello Donna. Came accross your web page while looking for a language curriculum for my kids. I thought I just pop in and say HI!!! Well I'll let you go for now. Keep up the great work. Looks like you guys are doing a great job. Bye for now Mike, Veroinca, Ashley, Brittany, Courntney and last but not least Tyler....One more and I had a basketball team..lol
Bonnie Driscoll USA 6.6.2004 2:48:32 tigermtn2004@netscape.net http:// It's so wonderful to hear Tsimshian again! I grew up listening to my Grandmother speak Tsimshian, her first language. I am a daughter of Freda Rosenblad, daughter of Anna Gordon, daughter of Alfred Gordon and Rebecca Auriol, who came from Metlakahtla, B.C. My clan is Raven. I live near Seattle now. My address is: Bonnie Driscoll 760 2nd AVE NW Apt. 2 Issaquah, WA 98027-4906 Thank you for your hard work & for sharing it with us, who are away from home now.
Jessie Hunt USA 13.6.2004 16:12:50 hunt@wvi.com http:// Hello, Our family is originally from Wrangell Alaska. I spent some time In Ketchikan and owned the first Good Humor ice cream business there in the early 1980's, my mother worked for Cape Fox, was their first employee, Stella Hanson. I'm writing you because we are in the printing business and I would like to talk with your marketing and advertising manager about our print media products. Our product prices are very reasonable, premium paper stock, and because we are in Oregon there is no tax charge. We design and print posters, postcards, brochures, mailers, newspaper inserts, presentation folders, door hangers for campaigns and hotels, business cards, and cards of all sizes. Our goal is to give Native people the best print media representation out there, and for a reasonable price. Please call or email. I'll be on the road this week and can be reached by cell at 503-871-2271 or call our office to leave a message at 503-769-1118. Look forward to hearing from you. Thank You, Jessie Hunt (High Mountain) Tlingit and Haida.
Inez McGowan Canada 21.6.2004 18:35:36 mcgowan5@telus.net http:// My grandfather was Killer Whale clan, from Old Metlakata. I've wanted to learn the language for YEARS, and just stumbled across your site today. Now I'm going to do this! Thank you.
Elizabeth Terri (Modig) Lee USA 29.6.2004 22:0:58 digmo@eli-online.net http:// I really like how you folks got everything set up. Real neat. I would be real proud of this web site.
Nicole USA 7.7.2004 18:59:4 borr@hawaii.edu http:// Is there anywhere I can get a cd of songs?
Brandie McDaniel USA 8.7.2004 0:3:31 foxylady317942002@yahoo.com http:// i'm a tsimshian my self.
CORENA BOOTH USA 13.7.2004 11:32:59 CHARLIEB329@aol.com http:// Dont laugh at my last message,but I was just messing around and didn't know how to delete it. Anyway I'm Raven (Ggaagg). I wanted to say "HI" to my family too. 715 S 136 St Seattle, WA 98168
Mary Teri USA 7.8.2004 0:31:40 haida_lady_99@yahoo.com http:// Hey There Donna May, I would like to take this time to say thank you for coming up to Juneau, it was such an inspiration to be with so many neat people! After awhile there it was great to think of the memories and it wasnt till then that I realized how much we re-learned. It was also great to see the younger ones included! Great job!! keep it up. Maryteri
Everett Wright USA 7.8.2004 21:41:16 raven50@gci.net http:// Dear Donna May, I'd like to thank you for the great class you put on. You're a great teacher. I learned so much from you in just a short time. I plan on going to all your classes, everytime you come here. I want to keep our language going and going. Thank you for what you're doing. I've told Nancy that our language sounds so beautiful. It's in my heart and soul... Thank you...Everett
Ken Mc Dames Sr. Canada 18.8.2004 13:59:5 kmcdames@monarch.net http:// I am a Heriditary Chief from Kitselas,(Gitselaseau) I am Tsimshian! My Indian name is Neashiwaxs. Just wondering where this site originates from? It looks Great! Keep up the good work!
Terrance H. Booth, Jr. USA 30.8.2004 14:4:48 terrancehboothjr@earthlink.net http://home.earthlink.net/~terrancehboothjr Currently I am finishing up on my Associate of Arts Degree and I will be starting my Bachelor of Arts Degree in Visual Communications at the beginning of the new year. I came across your s. We come from one of the most power tribes in the North American Region. I'm half Tsimshian...some day I would like to continue on with the language and be given a name from the elders. I have been taught the art from some of the greatest artists I've known. I would like to keep this a tradition within my family and hope they continue this as well. Growing up as a youth in Metlakatla, Alaska I would go and visit with my grandfather the late Ira C. Booth and he would tell the stories he was told as a youth. He would speak the language and then translate it into english. I've learned a lot from him. I only wish that there were more like him out there. To teach is one thing but to learn is one of the greatest experiences I have come to enjoy in my young adulthood. Thank you. Terrance H. Booth, Jr."Eagleboy" Tsimshian/Onk O'odham(Pima)/Tohono O’Odham (Papago)
Carol Torrey USA 30.8.2004 22:31:41 brucet39@gci.net Wolf Clan http:// I love Metlakatla, Alaska...my mother is 88 yrs old, she wants to hear and speak Tsimshean to someone again. We live in Anchorage, I hope that are privileged enough to get a language class too. Thank you so much for bringing our language back to life.
Steve Akerman USA 1.9.2004 11:51:1 bluemando@aol.com http://metlakatlacarvers.com Great site; your hard work is much appreciated, both for the preservation of language and culture, and as a voice of reason and unity. Best wishes, keep up the good work.
Dennice Vogel Germany 8.9.2004 14:21:18 dennice@junction.de http:// I am an american citizen living abroad. I know little about my own background becasue it is rather complicated. My father is originally from Spain, my mother a born German. My own children have a heritage to look back upon and can pass it on to their children, I never could . I find it so very important that a culture such as yours with such a history is upheld. The Shim-al-gyack language is a beautiful one, I can say this because I have heard many different languages and speak German ( a harsh, cold language), next to English. I think that learning a new language is a new step for me and why not learn one of the first languages of North America? I have started reading anything and everything that I could find about your culture and have even found Tsimshian artists with their work here in Germany! Now, when I tell my children about the real culture of America, it´s not about the one you see on television, it´s about the countries first and real people. They have learned so much about Europe and of course Germany, as well. Since we are leaving here shortly and I am finally going home (back to the U.S. after all these years) my children can at least say that they know a little about a true and old culture. In Germany, the people often smile over the fact that they have such an old culture and the Americans don´t. They sometimes forget that there was a much older culture ( I read that the first Tsimhians go back 11,000 years!) in North America. I would just like to thank you for bringing a bit of your culture to not only me, but to so many interested people around the world. The website is so great, please keep up the great work! Sending you my greatest respect, Sincerely, Dennice Vogel
FRANCIS LEWIS Canada 11.9.2004 17:54:47 lewis_totsalanox@hotmail.com http:// this is a nice site i like it first time here and i will keep going here to check it out
Sherry McDames Canada 14.9.2004 0:19:44 shermcd@hotmail.com http:// Helo everyone.Especially to our relatives in Ketchican,Alaska.Names are:Yvonne Watson,sister Elizabeth,and family.I am not Tsimshian.But I am married to one.So I am glad there are people out there willing to teach the language.Thank you very much.
Maggie Reece USA 18.9.2004 9:53:47 maggie.r@aptalaska.net http:// Hey!! Donna & Tony, first time I really took the time to look at your site, (Maggie tookalook-ang)I sure enjoy it, thank you for sharing. I love and appreciate you both. Tsimshian from Metlakatla, Alaska- Raven Clan-
Gina Riedl USA 23.9.2004 12:41:17 takeonyourlife@aol.com http:// I am the daughter of Florence Atkinson from Metlakatla. I do not know much of my history, but am very interested in learning. I am under the Raven clan and am currently looking for a dance group in California, if you could direct me in any way I would love it. Thanks so much, Gina
Victor D. Johnson USA 7.10.2004 17:32:56 http:// Lost E-mail, but please send letters to mail box. Address: Victor Johnson P.O. Box 864 Burns, OR 97720 simon reece Canada 8.1.2004 14:34:47 simon@redwiremag.com http:// just sayin hello from Van bc oh yeah the website is pretty good to
Victor D. Johnson USA 7.10.2004 17:35:41 http:// Lost E-mail, but send mail to: Victor Johnson P.O. Box 864 Burns, Or 97720
Andrea Kirkley USA 8.10.2004 5:54:38 wakirkley@yahoo.com none Your website was very helpful. Thanks!
chris Germany 8.10.2004 7:13:47 team@sushismile.com http://www.sushismile.com Great Website, go on like this :-) Best Regards, Chris team@sushismile.com http://www.sushismile.com
Jennifer Cook USA 9.10.2004 22:4:36 lilsquaw25@yahoo.com http:// I would like more information on learning my heritage and language.
Joe, Kathy, Kayla, Megan and Kara USA 16.10.2004 10:59:11 robertsjkkm@verizon.net http:// We're still so proud of the work you're doing to preserve the culture through language, God bless!
Stephanie Menard Canada 22.10.2004 12:58:22 stephjohnson_10@hotmail.com http:// I thought this web page was extremely interesting. My mother is part of the Wolf Clan, and it was so fun to share all of this with her.
Kevin Clevengere USA 2.11.2004 22:20:12 cplclevegner@yahoo.com http:// Thank you very much for letting me signg this.
Vickie (Fawcett) Smith USA 4.11.2004 23:11:22 vmsmith@acsalaska.net http:// Hi, I am a Full Tsimshian. My Dad is Perry G. Fawcett and my mother's name is Dorcas (Wesley) Dunmire. I live in Anchorage. I'm excited about checking out this site. And, would like to learn how to speak Tsimshian. Steven Booth USA 13.11.2004 11:3:44 zubsteven@hotmail.com http:// Kendall Ross Canada 18.11.2004 20:58:30 ganhada_76@yahoo.ca http:// I like this site very much and I wish to learn my language. I am from LAX KW'ALAAMS and there is no teacher here yet. Some words in sma'lagyx here are different than on this site But all in all it is very cool.
jody sayer (tavares) USA 22.11.2004 19:51:21 TREVSAY@COMCAST.NET http://
Kayla Roberts USA 25.11.2004 19:53:57 k_ranchdoritos@verizon.net http:// Hello Gamma and Gampa! I really like your website. I can't wait until I learn your language as good as you know it! I love you very, very much!
Vivian Sook USA 29.11.2004 13:18:5 midiig@yahoo.com http:// I've always wanted to learn how to speak my own language. Thank you for providing me a way to learn.
Kevin J. Clevenger USA 11.12.2004 21:23:34 cplclevegner@yahoo.com http:// Hello I know that i have Signed this already but, just wanted to let yu know that I an Tsimshian and that my clan is RAVEN. I am from Metlakatla and now I live in Ketchikan Alaska. I am still learning or trying to learn more about our Tsimshian History. I am glad I have found this sight.
Allen Pete(Red Wolf Thompson)McDonald USA 31.12.2003
afognakmac@aol.com Hello: My father was born in Ketchikan AK so many years ago, 1910 or 1911, he changed over a long time ago.
He spoke French and was related to the Metis General, Gabriel Dumont. There was a big war in Canada in 1845, which the French Metis lost. Some fled in many directions, others stayed.
My father's name was Pete James Thompson, I can remember him calling me "Petite Mikositloo", he said it was "Little Red Wolf" in trader language "Michif",
he said Cree and French. When he would discipline me, he would say firmly and loudly, "I am the big Gibuu in this house and you will do as I say!"
He used to say other things I did not understand, among some was a "moomsh"word when I tried to lie and he knew it.
I'm 61 now and the years have gone by, mother is gone, family contacts were lost in Canada, I was adopted in my teen years, and so it goes.
Its great to see some words that I remember so long ago. I'm done talking.
Ida Nelson USA 23.12.2003
inelsonalaska@yahoo.com I am the daughter of Delores Nelson Mather Southard; grandaughter of Flora Mather.
I have basic cedar bark basket weaving and ravens tail weaving.
I make my own regalia. I used to sing, dance & perform with my mom in the Seattle group: Kuu Tee Yah but am now with the Anchorage group:
Naa Luu Disk. I would like to know if Donna Mae Roberts will be offering any classes in the Anchorage area.
pamela booth_sladky USA 10.12.2003
pamelalyn_boothsladky@yahoo.com Hi Toni & Donnamae Happy holiday's to you folks ; and to everyone out their! Jerry say Hello to take care. Also I sure enjoy the sites thanks again Pam
Brooke Orr USA 5.12.2003
borr@hawaii.edu I have came across this site few times before and never took the time to sign the guestbook.
This is a great web site and it helped me to write my college term paper.
I am a proud Tsimshian and the site is great! Keep up the good work. Thank you.
HARVEY JACKSON Canada 27.11.2003
HARVEYHJ60@YAHOO.CA I AM A TSIMSHIAN ELDER,LIVING IN CAMPBELL RIVER B,C. . I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM SOMEONE THAT LIVES IN METLAKATLA ALASKA.
Valerie Ozella USA 24.11.2003
avonrepval@hotmail.com I love this site! Thanks to everyone who works on it. I am from Metlakatla, now in California. Came across this site after seeing
David Boxley's dancers perform in Ukiaha and wanted to learn more about my Tsimpshian Language.
John Romey Frederick Mallory USA 15.11.2003
http://www.johnrfmone@yahoo.com Visiting this site to learn more about my culture and help my son with his native american culture report.
Jennifer Williams USA 7.11.2003
jennifer0210_1978@hotmail.com Donna May-Thank you so much for teaching my daughters and I our language!! We had such a great time attending your class.
Can't wait to see you for the next session. Have a safe trip home!! I am from the wolf clan.
I live in Ketchikan. Thank You again, Jennifer Williams (Laurie Lovely):)
Babbette Leona Pomeroy USA 25.10.2003
grammabette@yahoo.com
Natasha White Canada 24.10.2003
My clan is the raven clan. I'm 21 years old and have 2 children and i would like to learn more about my culture. wich is Tsimsian, reserve kitkatla island. please help me learn more.
Theresa Wellington USA 16.10.2003
kobe8@aptalaska.net I'm glad you have this web sight, it not only helps us with our language, but we are also able to find relatives to communicate with in Canada? we'll have to get you back to Metlakatla.
Thomas M. Wilson USA 11.10.2003
sandiegocaman@hotmail.com Hi Donna May, I think you have a creative and informative web site.
Its wonderful to know your keeping our Tsimshian culture alive through your classes.
Our Grandparents would be very proud of your good works. Cousin Thomas
COLLEEN USA 1.10.2003
cjvin44@hotmail.com
janet barker sweeney USA 28.9.2003
sweeneys98506@yahoo.com Hello Tony & Donna.........just heard from Barb/Frank today
& understand you all had a nice visit. Hopefully we will get a chance to get together @ later date.
What an interesting job you two have. I just read the guest book & there are surely alot of pleased people that appreciate
what you are doing. Until later, good luck w/the great work you're doing. cousin j.
Matt Vickers Canada 19.9.2003
matt@mattvickers.com http://www.mattvickers.com I am very eager to learn my language, my Grandmother was Kathleen Vickers and my Grandfather was Heiltsuk, Henry Vickers.
I am from Kitkatla and living in Hazelton right now working for the Gitxsan. I am of the Eagle Clan.
Roxanne Barnes Starr USA 18.9.2003
rockastarr2003@yahoo.com Hi - my sister Nancy took the Tsimshian Language Class in Juneau. She really liked it.
She told me about this site.My grandma was Clara Ridley from Metlakatla (eagle clan)
Velma L. Baines USA 2.9.2003
swan2002@gci.net Saw your site. Loved it. Very very interesting. Here's my correct e-mail address: swan2002@gci.net
Niit'ipxaathl Gaak Canada 28.8.2003
niitipxaat@yahoo.ca http://groups.msn.com/OfOneHeart Sim luu'aamhl goodiy! Sim lukw'il anoogay aguhl wilaa jipjapsimis!! Si'aamhl huwilsimis! T'ooyaksiy Nisimis, Niit'ipxaathl Gaak (Keane Tait-Stewart)
Kevin J. Clevenger USA 21.8.2003
kdgg28@yahoo.com This is a pretty cool sight. I am from the Raven Clan! PROUD! to see a web sight from my Home town. Kevin J. Clevenger Anderson DR. Ketchikan, AK. 99901
Priscilla Stella Atkinson Peele USA 20.8.2003
pspeele@hotmail.com Hi Donna Mae, I have been wanting to learn the language, now I have a chance to do so. I met with Robert Leighton and we discussed
this with him, about the possibilities for you and Tony to come to Sitka to teach us. This is too cool. who would have thought huh?
write back ok, love to hear from you. I am Tsimshean of the Killerwhale clan brownbear from the Nishka river. what is my free gift?????
Priscilla Stella Atkinson Peele USA 9.8.2003
pspeele@hotmail.com Hi, Donna and Tony. I was at the meeting but you were not there!!!! Come and teach me ok? ed peele USA
Ethel Staton USA 9.8.2003
I would like to have Donna and Tony to come to Sitka,Alaska to teach the Tsimpshean language. I understand it but I cannot speak it. Hope to meet you some day.
Amanda Peele USA 9.8.2003
gothic_princess33@yahoo.com there was 8 of us that showed up in support of the classes to be held in Sitka
Terry K. Baines USA 7.8.2003
terrybaines@hotmail.com My wife and I were able to sit in on one of the Tsimshian classes at UAS in Juneau. It was pretty great, and fun. Terry and Susan Baines.
Pamela Booth-sladky & Jerry Sladky USA 4.8.2003
pamelalynn_boothsladky@yahoo.com Hi Tony &Donna May We enjoyed the classes tonight and checking out sites!
What a wonderful job you folks have done keep up the good works! Jerry& Pam Juneau Alaska
MELISSA VANDAL USA 1.8.2003
mvandal@kictribe.org What an awesome web sight! Love all the art work! I am Haida,Tlingit and Tsimshian. My crest is raven,coho.
My family is from the white frog house. My father is Lee Wallace. My mother is Marly Edenso.
Michele Wyatt Smart USA 19.7.2003
hjhmrs@yahoo.com Hi Donna Mae, I am Shirley's daughter. I discovered your site some years ago while living in MD. and corresponded a bit with
Tony and was actually very surprised to learn about you and that you were a relative.
I have three small children and wish I could teach them Shim-al-gyack.
Thanks for doing all the work that you both have done and for providing this web-site. Michele Smart
Carolyn Wagner USA 12.7.2003
cesw1@comcast.net Hi. Met you at the Grande Ronde Pow Wow today with my friend Sharmon. I will enjoy this website, thanks for your card.
We ended up staying till almost 9 to watch more dancing.
For my first pow wow I had lots of fun. I am looking forward to researching this part of my heritage.
Clark Wesley Canada 8.7.2003
nitehawk_11@hotmail.com My name is Clark Wesley and I belong to the gisputwaada clan "killerwhale" and Im from Lax Kw'alaams, BC, Im Tsimshian native but i live in south interior now going to college at nvit here in merritt, bc. Im studying business administration. this site is very nice my cousin cecily has told me about this site well anyways.
so everyone take care and enjoy your days. hello there!
cindy ferris-kirklin USA 8.7.2003
bearly6@iglide.net hello to Bill Sumner,Bill Bryant, Donna May and Tony.....the website is looking good..Greetings from the family here..
We all thought alot of you !!! Montana is having rain storms these days .... making it cooler.
I will send some pictures to you one day as soon as I get around to it. blessings to you!!
Janice Jainga Loenrgan USA 2.7.2003
jjlwolf@hotmail.com I am Lakgibou, the great grand daughter of Mathilda Lawson & Harold Hudson. Thanks for this great site and also for assisting my brother Jerome with translation for his song Luyeltgan,
it was great to dance it in Vancouver BC at the Challenge Feast. It a challenge all that shim-al-gyack, but worth it.
Look forward to taking lessons from you one day soon. D'm aligik needs'n Janice Jainga Lonergan 8431 South 120th St. Seattle WA 98178
Barbara Henry Canada 30.6.2003
bubby_h57@hotmail.com I have been excited about this webpage... although so few words, I have learned a bit of the language that has been lost to me
and I appreciate such a site. As well, I would like to say hello to my relatives in Metlakatla Alaska... from Lax kw'alaams...
Hello Kathy & Leo, hope you are doing well... hope you have internet... Tess, hope you get this too.
Miss you all... have not seen you all for such a long time. Just to let you know, I have moved back home to Lax kw'alaams.
So, if you come this way, call me. PS... it would be good to hear from you folks... love ya Barbie
Bill Helin Canada 26.6.2003
billhelin@shaw.ca http://billhelin.com Love your site,thank you for helping me get closer to my heritage,great job Tony and Donna,its a wonderful legacy. Creatively Bill
KATHY HAYWARD ROBERTS USA 24.6.2003
kroberts@doacs.state.fl.us My father is Charles David Hayward, Jr., from Metlatka, Alaska, I was born and raised in Florida.
I have only met my father once in my life, but speak with him several times during the year.
Would like to learn how to speak the Tsimpshian language and pass this onward to my children, and maybe obtain some native clothing, etc...
Do you have any CD's or DVD that teaches? I do hope to make it to Alaska one day.
Thank you for your time...Kathy Roberts, not sure of Clan, maybe someone there knows!!
Bill Bryant Canada 15.6.2003
galaxy@techline.com Killer Whale
frankbinpost Canada 14.6.2003
mountlogan203205@hotmail.com http://.www.hotmail.com i like your website!
Karla Booth USA 11.6.2003
karlabooth@hotmail.com I'm Betsy Booth's neice. I love your site. I will be attending the University of Northern British Columbia in Prince Rupert and taking the Tsimshian classes there starting in September.
I know it is a different dialect from the one that you teach but it will be a start for me! I am excited.

You have done a great job teaching my aunty and inspiring her to continue her learning. It was exciting to listen to her tell me about the classes that she's taken in Ketchikan.
Great job. Keep up the hard work! We need more people like you!
Chris Mowers USA 10.6.2003
cmowers@kictribe.org This website is blessing!! I've been wanting to learn my language for years.
Alex Atkinson, Jr USA 5.6.2003
aatkinson@tedmilesjeep.com This is an outstanding site!!! My plans are to share this with my children, as they grow older, I want them to learn our language.
Thanks to those who have developed this site! I belong to the KillerWhale clan. --Alex Atkinson, Jr.
Ken Crevier USA 3.6.2003
tcrevier@metrocast.net I am working with the Royal Rangers, a Christian boys organization with the Paise Assembly of God Church in Tilton NH.
We are studying Native American culture and would like to know more about the Tsimshian Culture.
Though I lived in Ketchikan for 23 years I realize how little I know of life of the Tsimshian People.
Please email if you have time. Thanks. Ken Crevier
Jerome Jainga USA 27.5.2003
jmrjainga@hotmail.com Thought I would say hello. Donna May, Thanks so much for helping with correcting the translation for my song Lu-yelt-gan, a few years ago, the
Tsimshian Haayuuk just helped bring this song out in Vancouver a few weeks ago.
Looking at getting back in touch.. Hope all is well
Kyle Stephan Berryhill USA 27.5.2003
ultimatesoonerfan12@yahoo.com Since you follow your moms clan, then Kyle is Deer Clan. His father (Dallas Dundas, Jr.) is Eagle clan (double headed?)
While he was there in Metlakatla, we suppored the Eagle Clan gatherings.
He loves being Tsimshian, and finding the article in "The American Indian Report" was excellent news for Kyle.
Since he can't be there, then at least he'll have something. for the free gift for him:300 e st louis, wetumka, OK 74883
Art Collins Canada 24.5.2003
artmcollins@yahoo.ca Haven't seen it all yet, but it sure looks promising. I am Tsimshian from Kitsumkalum in Terrace BC.
My clan is the Killer whale and I study the artform as well as the culture, with emphasis on the Ayaawx.
I don't speak my language, and it is a nagging regret that I live with. Any chance I get to learn is a blessing.
Ethel Galaktinoff USA 20.5.2003
mariah_lynn@yahoo.com enjoying you course in ketchikan
Vivian Benson USA 20.5.2003
vivianb@city.ketchikan.ak.us My Parents are Thomas and Janet Guthrie Sr. from Metlakatla. I think this a wonderful thing that you are doing. :) Viv
Paul W. Young USA 18.5.2003
haidaperson@hotmail.com My mother is from Metlakatla. Her maiden name is Dundas. I am from the killerwhale clan.
I am currently the Superintendent for BIA at the Warm Springs Reservation in Oregon.
I appreciate you web site very much. It is good to hear my mother's language on the internet and it reminds me of her. She was a fluent speaker of Tsimpshian. I haven't paid much attention
to her language while I was growing up maybe now I can learn a little and pass our history and language to our grandkids.
Rev. Sherry J. Sklenar USA 16.5.2003
cowboyco1@yahoo.com Bill's design for the shuttle patch has many levels of symbolism in it which is facisinating to me. Wonderful design so full of meaning!
Kylee Leask Guthrie USA 11.5.2003
tsimshian_raven@hotmail.com Thank you for your web site. I like listening and learning our language.
My mom and dad are Tom and Judy Leask Guthrie, my grandparents are Tom and Janet Guthrie and Irv and Barbara Leask.
We belong to the Tsimpsian Haayuuk Dance Group in Seattle.
gary lang USA 30.4.2003
gclang@ptialaska.net my name is gary lang sr. originaly from metlakatla alaska,grandparents charles &sarah brendible,moved from canada to metlakatla alaska with father duncan,from fort simpson,
i believe,i now live in sitka alaska,my parents were william and cora lang,from metlakatla,relatives in canada
josh mckay family,prince rupert,art helene family,prince rupert,dolly leask,don't know dollys married name.
prince rupert,good to know the tribe is still going strong,buddy lang lives in sitka near me,were EAGLE and KILLER WHALE
Priscilla Dennis Canada 28.4.2003
prisdennis@yahoo.com I came to your webpage looking for info on feasts and potlaches. I found some and I'm very happy. I just wanted to say thank you.
Tammy Blumhagen Canada 28.4.2003
Li yaam Laxa di waayu, Gispudwada di pdeegu, Txalgiu di wil 'waatgu, Kxeen di wil dzogu, Ndaayu wila waalsm? Lu aam goodu wil 'nii t'aamksa Sm'algyax a lax naxnox.
murray smith Canada 28.4.2003
papasmithtoo@hotmail.com
darlene wilson Canada 28.4.2003
kohoqueen@hotmail.com darlene wilson di waayu, ganhada di pdeegu, Lax Lgu'alaams di wil waatgu, Port Edward di wil dxoogu......ama sah
Solana Booth USA 25.4.2003
teachersolana@hotmail.com I truely enjoy seeing our culture and some information on the www, especially about our language that was once lost.
hopefully with love and nuturing minds, we can get our language back.
James Wyatt USA 24.4.2003
otacon_silver@yahoo.com This sounds interesting... I think I might give it a try sometime
Clifford L (tuffy) Robards USA 24.4.2003
tuffy633@yahoo.com http://www.stereonorth.com Beautiful site hope to spend many hours on here learning my language My Clan is Wolf
Judy Smith USA 24.4.2003
jmaesmith@earthlink.net I am a substitute teacher and in the credential program at California State University, Stanislaus, Turlock, California. This is a wonderful web site, especially to hear the words spoken. Do you have any authentic music of your tribe? Thank you.
Sherri Johnson Canada 23.4.2003
sherri4@telus .net I am Barbara Gosslins daughter Sherri. I think we are from the Wolf clan.
I am taking a Native Artisan course at Portage College in Lac La Biche. I want to get to know more about our culture and language.
Theresa Lowther Canada 22.4.2003
tlow@citytel.net I am a fluent speaker from the Prince Rupert(Kxeen) area of British Columbia, my grandfather Simon Reece lived in Metlakatla Alaska
or as we say Maxlaxaala the l are barred we spell a lot different than you do,
I would love to hear from you, we still have relatives in Maxlaxaala, Freda Haldane is our cousin,hope to hear from you
Katherine Brendible Alguire USA 21.4.2003
happykma@yahoo.com I am from the Killerwhale clan, and I'm originally from Metlakatla, Alaska.
Cecily B. Cooper Canada 21.4.2003
dancing_spirit_wolf@hotmail.com I'm from Lax kw' alaams, B. C. I am of the Laxgyibuu crest of the Giti'is tribe.
I really enjoyed this site and looking forward to seeing more sites like this. Thank you to one of my friends for showing me this awesome site.
Robert P. Leighton USA 16.4.2003
robert.leighton@searhc.org I am of the Wolf clan and would like to Shim dan-kyoo for this great WEB sit!
Caroline Luckey USA 14.4.2003
haidaluckey@hotmail.com
Eleanor Hadden USA 13.4.2003
erhadden@gci.net
Sister Kathleen Jean-TSSF USA 11.4.2003
chosica27@webtv.net Very interesting to "hear" the tribal language and the cultural preservation and history of your people.
We need to strive to preserve the rich culture,arts and history of America's first people.
I am of Euro-American heritage but I have long been an educator who has focused on the Native Americancultures,with great respect and interest.
May God bless your efforts to maintain your culture for future generations of both your own people and Euro-Americans and others who admire it.
Peace to you all. Sr Kathleen Jean TSSF a Franciscan Christian edcator.
Stephanie Rainwater-Sande USA 10.4.2003
rainwaterktn@kpunet.net
martin dundas jr USA 10.4.2003
cancer@gci.net I think this is an awesome website and hope to learn more of my language. Thanks for posting this site and please keep the site as long as possible.
Alfred Price USA 3.4.2003
alfie@gci.net I saw your letter in the Capital City Weekly and I wanted to be counted as a Tsimshian who wants to learn his own language.
My name is Alfred Price and I am Lax Kw'alaams born in Prince Rupert. I was raised in Metlakatla, AK by my mother, Wilma Baines. I sure like your web site and plan on purchasing some language aids when I can.
I try to teach my 4-yr old daughter what I can remember and use simple words in everyday speech but it's not nearly enough.
Thanks for all your work towards saving Shim-al-gyack.
Candi C. Barger USA 23.3.2003
candi@alaska.com Hi..great site! My great-grandfather Paul Mather was the first ordained native Episcopl priest of Alaska as a territory.
m. susan yorke Canada 23.3.2003
msyorke@hotmail.com
Dr. GRUESSNER, Karl-Heinz Germany 21.3.2003
karl-heinz.gruessner@ub.uni-tuebingen.de http://www.uni-tuebingen.de/ub/
Henna Finland 17.3.2003
pikkuaasi@hotmail.com Dum baal-dum! Mehän yritetään! (in finnish) Hello! This is a great site and a great idea you have here!
Sherry Vesel USA 7.3.2003
saphire222@hotmail.com The site you have shared is great. Thanks for the information. I will be ordering a CD to learn about the language.
I hope you keep this site for all to share.
Robert Hewson USA 2.3.2003
rkhewson@Yahoo.com Hi Donna and Tony- I don't Know if you remember me or not. I'd like to say this is a real godsend having your website available.
I will be using it regularly now that I've located it. I've come across it totally by default through my web search for Jack Hudson's wrk.
I now do my work as a contemporary artist in the Tsimshian way in 2 & 3 demensional
Art Most of my art is in carvings of masks and panels etc.I also create prints. Thanks for being available. Lobat Hewson
Katherine Stokes Canada 1.3.2003
katherines@shaw.ca
Drena McIntyreUSA 27.2.2003
tacquan@yahoo.com
Tim Booth USA 25.2.2003
roebooth@yahoo.com IT just ME Tim again, replying to the AWESOME sale which I wil have to get in on. I will be traveling in March so I will see about getting them ASAP.
Sharon Bryant Canada 24.2.2003
shbryant@telus.net I am Tsimpsian of the Laxgibuu clan of Kitsumkalum, My indian name is Lit am Lax dau gibau.
this name was bestowed upon my by my mother, late Vera Henry, Xbishuundt. Xbishuundt is now Vera Dudoward, my sister. Keep up the good work!!
Anona-marie Budden Canada 22.2.2003
cbjr77@hotmail.com I am really impressed with this site! Thank-you for creating an easy and accesable way to learn our language. It is really nice to see!
Carmen Stewart (Henry) Canada 20.2.2003
Tammy de Arriola (Dudoward) Canada 20.2.2003
tammydearriola@yahoo.ca This is a very nice site hope to see more like this.
Rayanne McCord USA 18.2.2003
RayanneMcCord@hotmail.com hey i like this page i am 15 and i wish there were more stuff like this...and i wish our people spoke this alot...but now sadely it is dying out... but maybe it will come back hopefully
Jacqueline Johnson USA 17.2.2003
Hi Donna and Tony. It was nice meeting you the other evening at Uncle Leonard's service. It is wonderful to see so many friends and neighbors on this sight.
My brother Shawn and I will continue to enjoy your sight.Best Wishes Jackie
Diana (McKeehan) Yliniemi USA 16.2.2003
dianay@metlakatla.net Hello! I'm from Metlakatla, Alaska, daughter of June (Dundas) McKeehan, my grandparents were Eunice & Theodore Dundas Sr. Thanks for sharing your site with me! It's great!
Cory Kuipers USA 15.2.2003
FORDF250BGBLK@aol.com Hi,This is Cory I talked to you guys at Uncle Leonards funeral. I was just checkin out the sight seeing what it's about. I'm really interested in learning about the family tree and various other things about the Indian background.
Please E-mail me back if possible so I can have a chance to see where and how I could get started to learn about these subjects. Thank you Cory and Jason Kuipers.
Natosha Gobin USA 6.2.2003
tagobin@yahoo.com I think you have a wonderful website! It is inspiring, and gives good ideas for expanding our curriculum! Wonderful job!!!
shannon thunderbird Canada 4.2.2003
voice@shannonthunderbird.com http://www.shannonthunderbird.com I am of the Giluts'aaw band, Gisbutwada Clan (Killer Whale), House of Niis'gumiik. I am a proud Coast Tsimshian woman. I travel widely as a First Nations Speaker and Educator, and I am trying hard to learn my language so that I can use it as much as I can in my talks.
Living so far away from my people now, means that your on-line sound bites, and the various CDs you have available will be a huge help in speeding up the process for me. As I teach my students, "language is the root of cultural identity.
Whatever your language is learn it as best you can." Toyaks for a great site. Tsimshian People forever!
Carol Foote USA 3.2.2003
carolfoote43@yahoo.com I like your sight and well let my family know about it. I was born in Metlakatla and I'm from the Eagle clan, My grandparents were George & Marth Fawcett and my mother is Greta Weston (Fawcett)
Melanie Rose USA 24.1.2003
starsong_7@hotmail.com http://members.tripod.com/~sirhip/bambi.htm Taquan Wolf, daughter of Cora. Take care, be safe, hope you enjoy my poems.
Doreen Nathan {Hayward} USA 17.1.2003
lilwoofey@msn.com http://groups.msn.com/tsimshianhaayuuk Hi, my name is Doreen(Da-ahsh'm Ha'naa}I was born and raised in Metlakatla, Ak. I've been living down here in Seattle for 30 years. Me and my family belong to the Tsimshian Haayuuk dance group since it started in 1996.
I'm excited about this web site, it is good to see so many Tsimshian out there.
Joel Conarton USA 16.1.2003
conarton@vquation.com Sadly, I agree with the sentiments stated in the web site that "as the language goes, so does the culture." Therefor I think it is great to see a site like this that helps document and preserve culture.
Ray Bulleid Canada 12.1.2003
rbulleid@telus.net
Annette Copley Australia 9.1.2003
netti1268@yahoo.com Hi to Bill and everyone on his team, and to all the Veterans who served their Countries, I salute you all. Annette
Graehl BrooksUSA 8.1.2003
greeneyedtsimshian@yahoo.com I live up in Fairbanks and attend UAF. My mother is Drena McIntyre. I'm feeling a little bit displaced :)
Susan Dempsey USA 8.1.2003
E-mail: lostgypsy66@excite.com" Great Site. I am excited to learn new things. Bonus now I get to call my brother "Moamsh" in another language.
Carl SampsonCanada 8.1.2003
E-mail: c_sampson@hotmail.com www.laxkwalaams.ca Im a Tsimshian from Laxkwalaams, BC, I like to use the internet in an attempt to fill in gaps about my culture! If there are more Tsimshian pages out there please send me a link!
CHRIS DALTON USA 3.1.2003
E-mail: pawsey@kpunet.net MY NAME IS CHRIS DALTON.. BORN AN RAISED IN KETCHIKAN. ALASKA, IM 3/4 TSIMSHIAN, MY PARENTS WERE LAWRENCE AN FLORENCE DALTON.
THEY WERE VERY PROUD OF THEIR TSIMSHIAN HERITAGE. IM HONORED THAT THEIR PICTURE IS IN THE 2003 CALENDAR,
( Ndim nee-dzin da 'dsim gga-ggoa-dum ) Well see you in our hearts. I LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING A COPY OF THE CALENDAR, YOUR SITE IS AWESOME..
Jenni Boyd from USA wrote on January 2, 2003
E-mail: wolfpck@aptalaska.net
Hi my name is Jenni from Metlakatla,Alaska, and i just wanted to say that thise is A great site, and that I'm from the Raven clan and I'm 12 years old and hope to learn a lot of things from thise site!
Andre' Fortin from USA wrote on December 30, 2002
E-mail: andre.fortin@lifewisehealth.com
Keep the message alive. I admire what your doing. Hope your teaching tools reach the tribe and the language is not lost! Great website too.
Wilma Jean Baines-Chahim from USA wrote on December 27, 2002
E-mail: drummer@metlakatla.net
gishbudwada Sorry, I misspelled "Killerwhale Clan" - I didn't know how, and wanted it to be my nickname at Yahoo.com Great site you guys!
Dissy from USA wrote on December 16, 2002
E-mail: drummer@metlakatla.net
Your website is fantastic! Great improvements and valuable too. I use the crossword puzzles and they are so helpful. Thanks for having this site.
Chris Roth from USA wrote on December 10, 2002
E-mail: cfroth@earthlink.net
Great website. You've done a fine job of bringing together a lot of material. I found this first through a link on the Kitkatla website. Keep up the good work. Chris Roth, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Randy Tirazona from USA wrote on December 8, 2002
E-mail: ACTD_Corjet@hotmail.com
Hello! Great site! I hope to someday soon order some of your products. I am Tsimshian!! Eagle clan. My mother was Alma Tirazona[Alma Jackson], Leslie Jackson is my uncle and my grandma was Sadie Campus[Jackson]. I use to visit/work in Metlakatla Cold Storage from the late 70's to early 80's:) I use to live in Seattle until the passing of my mother last month and now reside in LA California. Take care and have a nice day!:)
Barbara C. Henry from Canada wrote on December 4, 2002
E-mail: barbi@telus.net
Wow... what an interesting site this is. Gives us a short lesson on our language and would not mind learning more. It was fun and easy to follow along. Thank you very much. PS... My parents are Vera and Charles Henry, if any of my family from Met.Ak is on here, it would be nice to have your emails to keep you posted on what we are doing here in Canada and vice versa. Barb .
Barbara Fawcett from Elmer Moody Canada wrote on December 3, 2002
E-mail: elmoody@osg.net
Your site is well laid out, and is of a topic that is of vital importance. Job well done.
Ed.E.Bryant/Hagwil-Gaá from Germany wrote on December 4, 2002
E-mail: wolf_raven_totems@t-online.de
URL: http://www.tsimshian-gallery.com
Dela wande, from germany, very nice to see your website and will pass it onto others to view also. Wishing you much success for all the work you have done, in preserving and passing on the language.
Dm al gik niigm Hagwil-gaá --
Lori Brady from USA wrote on November 28, 2002 E-mail: LRBSkydiver@aol.com
I've always known your level of talents to be amazing and your passion for excellence to be high. You both have out done yourselves this time, very impressive! You have given a gift, that will enrich, for an eternity. Both of you, have always been an inspiration in my life and I thank you for that. I Love you both, very much! Lori
David Sumner and Cindy Kirklinfrom USA wrote on November 19, 2002
E-mail: bearly6@iglide.net
David Sumner (Fawcett) has enjoyed this sight and also being able to hear Donna Mae's voice Thanks for doing this in his adopted
mother's memory.. anyone who would like to contact or send emails to David are welcome to do so.. Have a nice day.. David Sumner and Cindy Kirklin
Frank & Jean Roberts from USA wrote on November 18, 2002
E-mail: fjroberts@attbi.com
Hi Big Brother......... Impressive.. Little Brother
Larry D. Roseberryfrom USA wrote on November 18, 2002
E-mail: sfac47@msn.com
URL: http://www.sfachapter47.org
Tony It was, NICE TALKING WITH YOU TODAY AND HOPE TO MEET YOU VERY SOON! LARRY
Lisa LaRochelle from Canada wrote on November 18, 2002
Email: dlisagreen@hotmail.com Great site.....
Clara Fawcett from USA wrote on November 16, 2002
Email: taquan51@yahoo.com
outstanding site, thank you .
Joe and Kathy Robertsfrom USA wrote on November 16, 2002
Email: robertsjkkm@aol.com This is a labor of love that began many years ago out of a desire to preserve the language, heritage and honor of a culture. We are amazed to see just some of the results of that labor on this site. Great job folks! Your family, ( Megan, Kayla, Kathy and Joe ) are proud of you!
Sandy Jamesfrom USA wrote on November 14, 2002
Email: amahsandy@aol.com
James A Llanos JR from USA wrote on November 12, 2002
Email: jllanosjr@kpunet.net
URL: http://kictribe.org
This site brings so much feeling and happieness to me that I have trouble putting into words all that I feel. I will say this, I am very happy and proud to be Tsimshian/Tlinget Native and this site intensifies that feeling 10 fold. I would like to Thank the webmaster and sponsers of this site for it's creation.
Terri Burr from USA wrote on October 29, 2002
Email: ttlbtzm@att.net --
Hello Tony & Donna! Wow! What a beautiful page!
I miss you guys. Sorry I missed your class this summer. I am very thankful to both of you for all the help you have given our Tsimshian dance group in Ketchikan. Terri Burr
Dustin Johnson from Canada wrote on October 22. 2002
E-mail: tsimshiandustin@hotmail.com --
Lugwil aam dzabin Tsimshians. This looks like a really neat website. It's good that theTsimshian now have an online website for our language.
Louise Clark from USA wrote on October 21, 2002
E-mail: lclark@kpunet.net --
This is soooo wonderful, I always knew you would make it happen and its about time Sealaska took notice. Hooray for Toe-Doe.
Perry G. Fawcett from USA signed the guestbook on October 20. 2002
E-mail: fairbanks98@hotmail.com
Dissy from USA wrote on October 19. 2002
E-mail: drummer@metlakatla.net --
Outstanding website! Who does the beautiful artwork?
Tim Booth from USA wrote on October 17. 2002
E-mail: roeboth@yahoo.com --
Greetings, Thanks for all your work. Tim, son of Terrance and grandson of Ira
Moe Goof from USA wrote on October 15, 2002
E-mail: greg@moesgraphics.com
URL: http://www.theb-zone.com --
How are you doing? Nice digs.

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