...to being a chief, John is the community's knowledge keeper, something that she was trained for as a child, said James Kari, a former UAF linguist who transcribed and edited a book about the Athabascan people who live at the headwaters of the...

...Dena'ina, including a number of autobiographical works. Near the end of his life he worked with Boraas and linguist James Kari of the Alaska Native Language Center to compile his collected works into "A Dena'ina Legacy -- K'tl'egh'i Sukdu...

...director for the grant. "It's more than the Web site." The credit for much of the Dena'ina revitalization goes to James Kari, who spent 30 years working on a dictionary that's on sale now, as well. Boraas said Kari came to Alaska in the...

...language is coming back." This is a phrase in the Dena'ina Athabascan language coined by Professor Emeritus Dr. James Kari of the University of Alaska Fairbanks Alaska Native Language Center, to proclaim the efforts of the Dena'ina people...