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UAF Language Expert Urges Use of Traditional Names

An Alaska Native-language expert at UAF hopes that the term Dene (“DEN-nay”) will catch on among Athabascans here in Alaska, because he says it will help preserve their culture and language.

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Tim Ellis is a reporter at KUAC in Fairbanks.