During the language component of Latseen Basketball, Tlingit language teacher Jessica Chester says Tlingit words and points to the images she just described. Students say the Tlingit words, and eventually, they are able to point to the correct images as Jessica says the words in Tlingit.
Students playing volleyball with balloons.
Students who win at volleyball are given a remote control for an electric car.
As the language instructor says a Tlingit word, students drive the car to the image that illustrates the Tlingit word.
This student is driving the car to an image.
A student has successfully driven to the correct image. This game makes learning Tlingit fun!
Students learn many basketball techniques at the camps.
Coach Ralph Wolfe coaxing a student into a defensive mode.
Students are required to stretch.
They also do push ups...
...and sit ups.
Program director and coach Mischa Plunkett, who played basketball at the University of California Santa Cruz. Plunkett, a Tlingit, also worked as assistant women’s basketball coach at the collegiate level for three years and holds a Masters Degree in Sport and Recreation Administration from Temple University.
