How do you say that? Utqiagvic, formerly known as Barrow
Utqiagvik, the city formally know as Barrow, AK (File photo courtesy of Wikipedia)
By a margin of six votes, residents of Barrow have voted to change the name of their city back to its Inupiaq name: Utqiagvik.
City council member Qaiyaan Harcharek started the process this summer.
Alaska Public Media’s Lori Townsend discussed the name change with Harcharek.http://media.aprn.org/2016/ann-20161014-01.mp3Here’s a video of Quyanaq Gabe Tegoseak pronouncing the new name:
Read more »