Athabascan linguist, tradition bearer Katherine Peter dies (fwd)

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Athabascan linguist, tradition bearer Katherine Peter dies

by Mary Beth Smetzer / msmetzer at newsminer.com
USA

FAIRBANKS — Athabascan tradition bearer Katherine Peter died early
Wednesday morning at home in Fairbanks.

Throughout her life Katherine, 92, shared her vast store of
traditional knowledge, skills and experience in a myriad of ways, most
notably through her work at the Alaska Native Language Center at the
University of Alaska Fairbanks.

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