The term “eskimo” is divisive across much of the arctic, but it’s still being used in western Alaska. Some identify with it, while others want to see change. President Obama recently removed the words ...

President Obama has signed a bill that removes the words “Oriental,” “Eskimo” and “Aleut” from two federal programs. The Alaskan terms, though, live on in other U.S. laws. Contrary to some accounts in ...

It's getting harder and harder for the few remaining residents of the Aleutian and Pribilof islands who speak Aleut to hold a conversation in the native Alaskan language. The number of Alaskans who ...