As Utqiagvik increases in common usage I will adapt. In the meantime I will
accept previous common usage without assuming anyone is intentionally
dismissing or belittling anyone else's efforts.
I can't suggest any guides in Barrow/Utqiagvik, but good luck!
On Sat, Oct 19, 2019, 1:48 PM Naomi Himley <
naomihimley at gmail.com> wrote:
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Barrow has been known as Utqiagvik since time immemorial by its indigenous
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inhabitants and adopted as the official name by the city in 2016. Of all
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groups the birding community should be the most used to adjusting to name
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changes due to the often shifting taxonomic discoveries and debates. These
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changes can be slight and even seem inane to us but we learn and adapt to
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them. Let's try to take decolonization and indigenous land acknowledgements
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with at least the same sincerity.
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