Tahltan

alternative Tāłtān

1. pluralplural onlyA First Nations people of the Athabaskan-speaking ethnolinguistic group who live in northern British Columbia around Telegraph Creek, Dease Lake, and Iskut. They constitute the fourth division of the Nahane (People of the West).

   Synonyms: Nahani

alternative Tāłtān

1. Their Athabaskan language.

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   A Tahltan language instructor in northern B.C. says she uses a puppet named after the Tahltan word for grandmother to make teaching and learning more joyful. Jeeneek (Tanya) Louie, language co-ordinator at Iskut Band, about 300 kilometres south of the Yukon/B.C. border, said she's been teaching and learning Tahltan for around a decade, and was given Tsūtsū in 2018.

   2026 September 23, Edzi'u Loverin, “Meet Tsūtsū, a puppet helping teach Tahltan language in northern B.C.”, in CBC News