Words have power. Recently the federal government quit using certain words to describe ethnic groups. Words like Eskimo and Aleut. Young Alaska Native people are increasingly using their Native names on social media and professionally. There's also a push by some to return to the original Native descriptors for places and landmarks.
HOST: Lori Townsend
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
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LIVE Broadcast: Tuesday, June 28, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. on APRN stations statewide.
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