Project seeks to gather Alaska environmental knowledge embedded in Indigenous languages
Experts want to compile a glossary of Alaska Native words and phrases holding information that can help track climate change and other conditions.
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Experts want to compile a glossary of Alaska Native words and phrases holding information that can help track climate change and other conditions.
News-Miner opinion: After what seems like a lifetime of being in the spotlight in one form or another, Sharon McConnell is retiring in February from her role as executive director
Sharon McConnell, executive director of Denakkanaaga, is retiring at the end of February after a career in broadcasting and senior management.
Denakkanaaga and the Morris Thompson Cultural and Visitors Center have updated the Animal Names dice game to teach animal names in Interior Alaska Native languages.
The PBS Kids TV show, Molly of Denali, gets episodes in Gwich'in and Koyukon languages after recruitment and rehearsal through the Doyon Foundation's language revitalization project.