Documenting and Practicing Vernacular Place Names in the Iliamna Lake Communities in Alaska
Traditionally, Alaska Native peoples have used place names to describe conditions and origins of places and to guide travelers from place to place. They name places based on their oral narratives, daily activities, and multi-generational observations of the landscape. When Western traders and explor...
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2017
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10125/41945 |