US Forest Service Publishes Dual Language Booklet for Native Alaskans for First TimePosted by Renee Lee, U.S. Forest Service Office of CommunicationPartnering with a local Alaskan native community, the U.S. Forest
Service has for the first time published a dual language booklet in
English and a native Alaskan language, Yup’ik, to help educate the
greater community in Southwestern Alaska on invasive species.Titled “Protecting Southwestern Alaska from Invasive Species – A Guide
in the English and Yup’ik languages,” the Forest Service’s Alaska
Region and the Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies aim to explain
invasive species concerns unique to Southwestern Alaska, which is home
to a large community of the indigenous Yup’ik people. The title of the
booklet translated into Yup’ik is, “Kellutellra Alaskam Ungalaqlirnera
Eniaritulinun Itrallerkaaneng – Maaryartekaq Kassat Yup’iit-llu
Qaneryaraigtun.”Access full article below:
http://blogs.usda.gov/2012/02/13/us-forest-service-publishes-dual-language-booklet-for-native-alaskans-for-first-time/
Service has for the first time published a dual language booklet in
English and a native Alaskan language, Yup’ik, to help educate the
greater community in Southwestern Alaska on invasive species.Titled “Protecting Southwestern Alaska from Invasive Species – A Guide
in the English and Yup’ik languages,” the Forest Service’s Alaska
Region and the Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies aim to explain
invasive species concerns unique to Southwestern Alaska, which is home
to a large community of the indigenous Yup’ik people. The title of the
booklet translated into Yup’ik is, “Kellutellra Alaskam Ungalaqlirnera
Eniaritulinun Itrallerkaaneng – Maaryartekaq Kassat Yup’iit-llu
Qaneryaraigtun.”Access full article below:
http://blogs.usda.gov/2012/02/13/us-forest-service-publishes-dual-language-booklet-for-native-alaskans-for-first-time/