Lance X̱ʼunei Twitchell (born 1975) is an American scholar, poet, and language revitalization advocate. He works as an associate professor of Alaska Native Languages at the

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. He has written for "Molly of Denali". X̱'unei Lance Twitchell was granted tenure in the Department of Humanities, School of Arts & Sciences at the UAS Juneau Campus in 2018. He earned a Ph.D. in Hawaiian and indigenous language and culture revitalization from the Ka Haka ʻUla O Keʻelikōlani College of Hawaiian Language at the

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, an M.F.A. in creative writing from the

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, and a B.A. in English with a minor in American Indian studies from the

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Twin Cities. He serves on the state's Alaska Native Language Preservation & Advisory Council, appointed by the governor.

Awards and work

Awards

* Top Forty Under 40 award, Alaska Journal of Commerce (2013) * Judson L. Brown Leadership Award from Sealaska Heritage Institute (2016) * Contributions to Literacy in Alaska (CLIA) Awards, Alaska Center for the Book (2017) * First Alaskan Institute Young Native Leader Award (2020)

Poems

* "Nanook Sweats," "Release, Definition: Trickster," "Ode to Tlingit, Yellow Hair Takes the Fat and We Lament His Seedy Departure," and "Dark Skin and Betraying Uncle," published in Yellow Medicine Review (Spring, 2009) * "Shaawatkʼeʼs Birth", co-author, filmed by Alaska Quarterly Review (2016)

Books

* ''Haa Wsineix̲ Haa Yoo X̲'atángi (Our language Saved Us): A Guidebook for Learning the Tlingit Language'' * ''Beginning Tlingit Workbook'' (2017) * ''Tlingit Reference Guide: Verbs, Grammar, Location & Direction, Concepts'', Juneau, AK: Goldbelt Heritage Foundation, 2020

Chapters

*''Tlingit use of marine space: putting up fish'' by Caskey Russell and X̱'unei Lance Twitchell

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Twitchell, Lance 1975 births 21st-century Native Americans Alaska Native people Language activists Living people Tlingit people Yupik people