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Dena鈥檌na has been spoken in Southcentral Alaska for at least the last 1,000 years. Dena鈥檌na, like all Indigenous languages of Alaska, was communicated orally until an alphabet was developed in the 1970s. Since then, many Dena鈥檌na elders from the four Dena鈥檌na dialects have worked closely with linguists to record the language for the future. The goal is to see their language spoken again by both Dena鈥檌na peoples as well as people that had moved into their homeland over the past century. With Dena鈥檌na Word of the Week, the hope is to increase exposure of the Dena鈥檌na language to all who are curious, one word at a time.

Additionally, many resources are available to learn more, including at the Alaska Native Language Center, Qenaga.org, and YouTube, where one can find videos of Dena鈥檌na pronunciation and dialogues to listen to and practice.

Chin鈥檃n gheli (Thank you very much)

Now that Alaska is getting more sun than night sky, let鈥檚 celebrate by looking back at the first photograph ever taken of our nearest star. In 1845 physicists Louis Fizeau and Lion Foucault captured the 5-inch image of the sun pictured here. The picture was taken using the daguerreotype process, a publicly available photography process, used in the 1840s and 1850s. Polishing and treating a sheet of silver-plated copper, caused the material to become sensitive to light, allowing for images to form. This first picture of the sun, taken 175 years ago to the day, reveals a few sunspots (cooler regions on the sun鈥檚 surface) and helped to pioneer using images to study the sun. Technology has come a long way since then and current pictures and data from the sun continue to provide new insights into the heart of our solar system. Check out the website for images and videos of the sun right now.

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