Conversational Shm'algyack (Sm'algyax) audio glossary

For my project I chose to make a Conversational Shm'algyack (Sm'algya̱x) Audio Glossary. In our traditional territories of British Columbia, we have less than one hundred speakers of Shm'algyack (Sm'algyax), the Coast Tsimshian (Ts'msyen) language, remaining. In the United States we have less than three first language speakers left. In my hometown of Ketchikan, Alaska we recently lost our last fluent first language speaking elder, John Reece. In my quest to empower our language learners I wanted to make use of widely accessible materials, where everyone would be able to hear, learn, and speak our traditional language. My final project creates a Conversational Beginning Glossary of Shm′algyack (Sm'algyax) as 9 stacks of PowerPoint slides, assembled around a variety of common beginner level topics, and consisting of text in both the New Metlakatla Shm'algyack orthography, and the Ts'msyen Sm'algya̱x Language Authority orthography, supported by translations and audio recordings. This project was created utilizing Common Framework for Language Proficiency (CFLP) recordings from the Ketchikan Indian Community website. The glossary provides a foundation that is needed to support the Shm′algyack language so it may not only survive, but will thrive and grow with future generations of speakers.