Ilisaqativut: “We All Learn Together”
“Our language comes from the land.” “Our language tells our history.” “Our language… tells us who we are.” These are reflections from a language class profiled last month on KNOM.
From Memory to Momentum: Reviving Iñupiaq Through Collective Learning
The second annual Ilisaqativut brought 20 people from around the state to Nome to immerse in Iñupiaq for two weeks.
Keeping the Inupiaq Language Alive, Through a Website
It’s now possible to learn basic Inupiaq online, thanks to a graduate student at the University of Alaska–Fairbanks.
Talking Inupiaq
KNOM listeners are learning the Alaska Native language of Inupiaq, one phrase at a time, thanks to Nome elementary teachers Annie Conger and Josie Bourdon and producer Lauren Frost.
Learning Iñupiaq, One Word — and One Laugh — at a Time
Our listeners have become slightly more fluent in the Alaska Native language of Iñupiaq through a new series of fun, conversation-focused radio spots.
In the News: From Fire to Ice
Thanks to you, our listeners — and readers of KNOM’s online news — have received a wide slate of fascinating (and, at times, very urgent) news stories this autumn, the work of our intrepid news team (Matthew, Francesca, and Jenn). Here are just a few examples (all available online): One of the worst residential fires […]
January 1981: A new computer for Br. Normand
January 23, 1981 KNOM places a $16,435 order for a Cromemco Z2-H computer. Running at 4 MHz and with a 64k memory, the system includes two terminals. Using Structured Basic programming language, Br. Normand Berger, FIC, writes a program for keeping track of donations. One terminal sits in reception, the other in the manager’s office. […]
Elder Voices: Dina Sagoonick
Dina Sagoonick’s life growing up in Shaktoolik as a young girl was traditional, and in the ways that she and her family relied on dog teams, hunting, and trapping, it was a way of life that had sustained her ancestors for thousands of years. And yet her life was also uniquely full of change, a […]