Qamani II: Toponyms and Site Information Regarding Lands Along the Tapqaq and Saniniq Coasts and In Bering Land Bridge National Preserve

费尔/桑顿地名是文化的一个重要特征，因为它是思想、语言和环境的交叉点。在阿拉斯加西北部，地名（地名）也起到保存语言、标注种族和语言界限的作用，并使人们注意到与住所、安全和生存有关的特定地理特征。这个项目的目的是分析地名是如何在因纽特人中发挥象征作用和作为文化认同的。这项研究是重要的，因为它寻求保存，翻译，解释和分析地名，同时系统地绘制和记录相关信息。，当地土著专家将参与该团队，并收集民间故事，口述历史，家谱和个人叙述的信息。地图、档案和最后的出版物将对这些区域的知识以及对特定地区地名和比较地名的知识作出重要贡献。

Abstract OPP-9708443 Fair/Thorton Place-naming is an important feature of culture as it intersects a juncture of thought, language, and environment. In northwest Alaska, place names (toponyms) also serve to preserve language, annotate ethnic and linguistic boundaries, and draw attention to particular geographic features with reference to shelter, safety, and subsistence. The goal of this project is to analyze how toponyms function symbolically and as cultural identity among the Inupiat. This study is important as it seeks to preserve, translate, interpret, and analyze toponyms while systematically mapping and recording accompanying information., Local native experts will participate in the team, and information will be collected on folk tales, oral history, genealogies and personal narratives. Maps, archives and final publication will constitute important contributions to the knowledge of this regions, and to both area-specific and comparative toponymy.