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 the University of Alaska Fairbanks, is credited with influencing and promoting scholarship in Alaska Native place names. A section of the workshop focused on scholarly works that will be included in a forthcoming book, ““Papers in Honor of James Kari.”