Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion James Kari, a linguist and professor emeritus at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, speaks to a large crowd packed into the McLane Commons for a presentation on Alaska Native languages and linguistics during Alaska Native/Native American Heritage Month on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016 at the college in Soldotna. Kari discussed the revised second addition of "Shem Pete's Alaska," which includes hundreds of Alaska Native place names.

Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion James Kari, a linguist and professor emeritus at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, speaks to a large crowd packed into the McLane Commons for a presentation on Alaska Native languages and linguistics during Alaska Native/Native American Heritage Month on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016 at the college in Soldotna. Kari discussed the revised second addition of "Shem Pete's Alaska," which includes hundreds of Alaska Native place names.

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James Kari, a linguist and professor emeritus at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, speaks to a large crowd packed into the McLane Commons for a presentation on Alaska Native languages and linguistics during Alaska Native/Native American Heritage Month on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016 at the college in Soldotna, Alaska. Kari discussed the revised second edition of “Shem Pete’s Alaska,” which includes hundreds of Alaska Native place names.

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