Goodé sá yaa neegút? Where Are You Going?

Goodé sá yaa neegút? - Where are you going? is a Tlingit place-based visual field guide built around everyday movement through home, community, land, water, weather, and the living world.Designed as a friendly illustrated guide, this book invites readers to explore Lingít/Tlingit language through places they can recognize: hotel rooms, kitchens, classrooms, beaches, forests, trails, mountains, rivers, harbors, berry patches, ferry docks, public buildings, campsites, weather shelters, animal tracks, night paths, and more.Each section uses a consistent visual card layout with Tlingit words and phrases paired with English meanings, warm animal characters, and richly detailed Southeast Alaska-inspired scenes. The result is part vocabulary guide, part picture book, part field companion.Inside you'll find:86 place-based sectionsHundreds of illustrated Tlingit vocabulary cardsEveryday places like kitchens, bedrooms, clinics, classrooms, cafés, and travel spacesOutdoor places like beaches, forests, trails, mountains, lakes, rivers, tide flats, berry patches, and harborsVisual learning pages designed for families, classrooms, language learners, and community useRepeated page structures that make the book easy to browse, teach from, or revisitThis is not a grammar textbook. It is a visual language field guide: a way to walk through places, notice what is around you, and connect words to real-world scenes.Created with care for place-based learning, Goodé sá yaa neegút? offers a warm entry point for readers who want to see Lingít language living inside everyday spaces.For learners, teachers, families, visual thinkers, and anyone who loves language, land, and illustrated field guides.

Pages: 450, Hardcover, Silent Drum Press