Izzy Ross (KDLG-Dillingham)

The Bristol Bay Native Corporation is offering free online classes for people to start learning the region’s Native languages. The series started at the beginning of this month, and people can also sign up for song and dance classes.

One year ago, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland issued a declaration to remove a slur against Indigenous women from place names on federal lands. Nearly 650 new names were finalized this fall, including one for a Dillingham creek that bore the slur.