A report by the Alaska Native Language Preservation and Advisory Council said the state should make it policy to promote Alaska Native language schools wherever possible.
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Census Bureau adds areas, languages served by translations for elections
The Census Bureau designates languages for translation based on its estimates for speakers who have limited English proficiency.
The meaning of names: The world of social media, part 5
With social media, people have the opportunity to project their best selves. We pick and choose what we share and how we share it.
The meaning of names: The aftermath of generational trauma, part 4
The decline of many of Alaska’s indigenous languages happened during the era of boarding schools and missionaries.
Lost in translation: The difficult but necessary process of creating indigenous language ballots
The words need to mean something in Yup’ik, not just be literal translations from the English. One word in English — “candidate” — ends up being a phrase in Yup’ik.
Tribal council proposes Iñupiaq language and culture partnership with Nome Public Schools
“We have this opportunity to save a language and time is of the essence for us to collectively act,” said Megan Alvanna-Stimpfle, vice chief of the King Island Tribal Council
UAS student gov’t votes to recognize Indigenous Peoples’ Day
For David Russell-Jensen, a cosponsor of the student government resolution, Christopher Columbus represents the beginning of colonization and the genocide of indigenous people, not the discovery of America.
State promises more Yup’ik and Gwich’in voter assistance in settlement
“The choices that were made in the settlement open the door for Alaska Native access to the polls in a way that we have not seen before,” said attorney Natalie Landreth with the Native American Rights Fund.
Juneau’s biggest stories of 2014
A longtime state lawmaker resigned, Alaska Native languages were recognized as official state languages, and a price war for airline tickets.
Family, friends celebrate first annual Walter Soboleff Day
Soboleff would’ve been 106 years old on Friday. He died in 2011 at the age of 102.