It's now possible to learn basic Inupiaq online, thanks to a graduate student at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Chelsey Qaġġun Zibell is a master’s candidate and adjunct faculty at UAF’s School ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Britt’Nee Brower grew up in a largely Inupiat Eskimo town in Alaska’s far north, but English was the only language spoken at home. A new Inupiaq language option recently went live ...

Two students participate in the ‘"Conversational Iñupiaq" class at Nome’s Northwest Campus. (Ava White/KNOM) Alaska is home to more than 20 Alaska Native languages, passed down and preserved for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Feb. 16—Wordle conquered the English-speaking internet in January. Now, a version of the word puzzle has launched in Iñupiaq, ...

Starting an immersion program in an Alaska Native language comes with challenges: An educator often needs to create the curriculum and teaching materials themselves, and they sometimes need to work on ...

Cordelia felt at home when she started the Iñupiaq language; now she share her knowledge. In Alaska, climate change threatens the natural world, and the cultural history held by rural and Native ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Britt’Nee Brower grew up in a largely Inupiat Eskimo town in Alaska’s far north, but English was the only language spoken at home. Today, she knows a smattering of Inupiaq from ...

Wordle conquered the English-speaking internet in January. Now, a version of the word puzzle has launched in Iñupiaq, which some Alaskans hope will boost language revitalization efforts in a fun and ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Britt'Nee Brower grew up in a largely Inupiat Eskimo town in Alaska's far north, but English was the only language spoken at home. Today, she knows a smattering of Inupiaq from ...

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