Environmental Change and Sustainability of Indigenous Languages in Northern Alaska
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 16865351 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nicholas James Reo (0000-0001-8839-323X, Dartmouth College, corresponding author), Sigvanna Meghan Topkok (University of Oregon), Nicole Kanayurak (University of Washington), James N Stanford (Dartmouth College), David A Peterson (0009-0004-5862-3531, Dartmouth College), Lindsay J Whaley (0000-0003-3930-0062, Dartmouth College) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 72 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 215-228 |
| Publication date | 2019-09-09 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | ARCTIC (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0004-0843 • E-ISSN: 1923-1245 |
| Publisher | The Arctic Institute of North America (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.14430/arctic68655 |
| OpenAlex | W2973091249 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 26 |
Relatively few people under the age of 60 are fluent speakers of the various Indigenous languages of Alaska. Concurrently, climate change is severely impacting Alaska and its residents, where environments are changing far more rapidly than the majority of the planet. These factors complicate the land-language nexus and may have implications for the sustainability of Indigenous languages in Alaska and other parts of the Arctic. In this collaborative, community-centered project, we spoke with Iñupiaq and Yupik language speakers to learn how rapid environmental change affects heritage language discourse practices and how generational gaps in levels of heritage language fluency affect safety and efficacy of customary and traditional land use activities. The results show how local community choices and attitudes are reflecting and constructing dynamic ecologies of language, culture, and environment. Iñupiaq and Yupik languages provide important forms of socio-cultural resilience because they embed the past, yet are inherently dynamic. Community-driven social practices that promote increased local heritage language use can lead to new, creative language domains, new expressions of Indigenous culture, and new Indigenous stances toward a changing environment
Arctic · Environmental ethics · Environmental resource management · Fluency · Geography · Heritage language · Indigenous · Linguistics · Nexus (standard) · Psychological resilience · Sociology · Sustainability · Arctic and Russian Policy Studies · Climate change and permafrost · Ecology · Engineering · Indigenous Studies and Ecology · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
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| Citations per year | 1,33 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2025 (6) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |