Clara Waddington wants you to talk about it

For her senior project, Clara Waddington hopes to cement the Tlingit language and culture at the forefront of the Wrangell educational experience.

She is engraving metal signs with the Tlingit translations for different English-language signs across the school. The Tlingit language signs will be hung beside the other signs, similar to the style of the Tlingit words in Wrangell IGA displayed beneath the English tags.

So far, Waddington has found direct translations for "Wrangell High School," "math" and "art." She hopes to identify more direct translations, but some of the linguistic difference...