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<!doctype html> Luudisk — Metlakatla

Metlakatla

A Luudisk hub page for language, place names, and media. Built to grow clean: each entry can link to a full page (wiki or HTML) with audio, examples, and sources.

Luudisk Index Glossary Maps & Place Names Video

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Glossary Index Open →

All words & terms. Root forms, variants, dialects, audio, examples.
Place Name Index Open →

Locations tied to stories, names, responsibilities, and land teachings.
Stories & Histories Open →

Stories that connect to sites, names, and laws. Each story links back to places.
Houses & Responsibilities Open →

House roles and the land obligations that come with names, crests, and ownership.

2. GLOSSARY — WORDS & TERMS

Clean and growing language base

A clean and growing language base

Each word gets its own page: roots → variants → audio → examples

Glossary Index Open →

Tsm̱syen (Sm’algyax) words — root form → dialect forms → meanings.
Gitxsan words and parallels.
Nisg̱a’a words and parallels.
Rule system note

→ Every Sm’algyax word in Luudisk links here. This index becomes the “spine” that everything else connects to.

Create New Word Page Browse by Root Form Browse by Dialect

3. MAPS & PLACE NAMES

Land + story + responsibility

Locations tied to stories, words, names, and House responsibilities

Built for future interactive maps and video overlays

Place name index coming

Place name index (coming)
Land-based teachings Open →

Teachings that belong to specific locations and travel routes.
Future: interactive maps & Google Earth Studio videos future

Designed to support: interactive map layers, story routes, and Google Earth Studio flyovers tied to specific entries.
“location entry” template Open →

'''location entry'''
→ When a place appears in a story, it links here. Each location page can hold: names, coordinates, related stories, related words, photos, and a short video.

Create New Place Entry Open Map Hub Open Story Routes