On June 18th, Nalliq appeared on Alaska Public Media for an hour-long discussion about the importance of Alaska Native names, place names, names for categories of people groups, and everything in between.
GUESTS:
- Jenny Canfield – KTOO reporter/producer of a series on Indigenous names (in KTOO studio)
- Paul Ontooguk – Director of UAA college of Education
- Cordelia Kellie – Alaska Native blogger
- Aaron Leggett – Special Exhibits Curator for the Anchorage Musuem
- Statewide callers
Catch the interview here: http://www.alaskapublic.org/2016/06/27/native-names-in-modern-culture/
To read the Nalliq write-up about indigenous placenames in response to an ADN commentary, go here: https://nalliq.com/2015/11/16/commentary-alaska-place-name-changes-there-is-always-room-to-do-whats-right-2/
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