>>15371764 (pb)

Snowy owl sketchy story from 5 years ago.

Native corporation tried to change the name of the town of Barrow, Alaska to "Ukpeaġvik"- place where we hunt snowy owls.

At the Iñupiat Heritage Center in town, Inupiaq names are featured on a big wall map. For Barrow, it's Utqiaġvik.

That's how Leona Okakok, now 72, always knew it.

"We never hunted owls. We don't eat them," she said. The name for wild roots, which were gathered and dipped in seal oil, makes more sense, she said.

https://www.adn.com/features/alaska-news/2016/12/17/utqiagvik-barrow-north-slope-name-change-brings-tension-division/