Ron Chambers, of Southern Tutchone, Tlingit and Scottish ancestry, gifted the audience with traditional songs and dances to conclude the Alaska Native Place Names Workshop, held in Anchorage, Alaska, April 29, 2015. Chambers was raised…Read More
Dr. Lawrence Kaplan, professor of Linguistics and Director of the Alaska Native Language Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks, and Ann Riordan, an independent scholar who has worked with the Calista Elders Council since 1999 on…Read More
Gayle Miller, director of academic programs for the Lower Kuskokwim School District, studies a map of Bristol Bay place names during a break at the Alaska Native Place Names Workshop, Anchorage, Alaska, 2015.
Hazel Faye Katuk Pebley, Deputy Director, North Slope Borough, Department of Iñupiat History Language and Culture, reviews a map of place names during a break at the Alaska Native Place Names Workshop, Anchorage, Alaska, 2015.
Dr. James Kari, right, speaks with another attendee at the Alaska Native Place Names Workshop, in Anchorage, Alaska, April 29, 2015. Dr. Kari, a linguist and Professor Emeritus with the Alaska Native Language Center at…Read More