With Stroke of a Pen, 20 Alaska Native Languages made Official State Languages
![Representative Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins of Sitka, Nome’s Bernadette Yaayuk Alvanna-Stimpfle, and others look on as Gov. Sean Parnell signs the bill into law. Photo: Matthew F. Smith, KNOM.](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/2014-10-23-untitled-014-2432px-1200x800.jpg)
Lawmakers spoke to the work behind the bill, but assembled speakers, teachers, and students of many Alaska Native languages spoke to the vitality of what the recognition means.