[photos, travel] where i found my wings: juneau, AK

1 hour, 30 minutes | sequel post to [photos] in search of home: goodbye, southwest i was invited in the last few weeks to aak'w kwaan aani (juneau, AK) for a language revitalization gathering! despite working in sm'algya̱x for over 5 years at this stage, i've only had the opportunity to meet just one parent-child duo of learners in-person. i'm an internet kid by upbringing. i've always lived remotely from anyone i truly connected with, let alone other tsimshians, and i'm very used to keeping people at this wingspan's length. so, this trip had high emotional stakes for me - i worried that seeing me in-person, some irreducible part of me previously obscured by the screen would come spilling out. i have always felt that there was something ultraviolet about myself that is painfully visible to everyone else. asda hup'l ("in the evening") it did not go perfectly. ła amsg̱a'nak ("a little later") people were very kind to me. i was welcomed with open arms by so many, all of my friends and…