News and Updates

November
2015

Gary Holton, Professor of Linguistics and Director of the Alaska Native Language Archive (ANLA)

Gary Holton, Professor of Linguistics and Director of the Alaska Native Language Archive (ANLA) Gary Holton, Professor of Linguistics and Director of the Alaska Native Language Archive (ANLA) at the University…

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October
2015

Alaska Native Place Names Workshop draws attendees from Alaska and beyond

Alaska Native Place Names Workshop draws attendees from Alaska and beyond “You can’t lose your culture as long as you are learning place names in your native language.” – Athabascan elder…

October
2015

Ugrunaaluk kuukpikensis – “ancient grazer of the Colville River”

Ugrunaaluk kuukpikensis – “ancient grazer of the Colville River” In September, the University of Alaska Fairbanks announced the discovery of a new kind of duck-billed dinosaur, a hadrosaur that lived in…

October
2015

Denali – “the high one”

Denali – “the high one” In August, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell decreed that Mt. McKinley would be officially named Denali, a Koyukon Athabascan word meaning “the high one.” The…

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