...worked for years on a mapping project to correctly identify Athabascan place names throughout the Minto Flats area, and James Kari, a University of Alaska Fairbanks professor emeritus of linguistics.The men shared source references with the teachers...

...about 45 other languages. In 2008, Vajda aired his hypothesis at a Dene-Yeniseian Symposium in Alaska organized by James Kari of the University of Alaska Native Language Center. Vajda's 67-page article, presented at the February 2008 symposium...

...Alton said public awareness and interest in the Dena'ina people has recently increased throughout southcentral Alaska. James Kari, professor emeritus of Athabascan languages, is the dictionary's author. The university said Kari has worked with...