Council of Geographic Names Authorities
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Tuesday, April 28:

10:00 A.M. -- 5:00 P.M.  Registration, Packet Pick up


3:00 -- 5:00 P.M.  COGNA Busness Meeting (Voting members only)


6:00 -- 9:00 P.M.  Opening Reception: Welcome, Host Remarks, & Housekeeping


Wednesday, April 29:

7:30 -- 10:30 A.M.  Registration


8:30 A.M. -- 5:00 P.M.  Workshop: Methodology and Policy Issues for Native Place Names in Alaska and the Yukon Territory, Canada:  Gary Holton & Lawrence Kaplan, Co-Chairs

This Workshop is sponsored by the Bristol Bay Native Corporation.

For more information and the tentative program for the day click this link.


Thursday, April 30:

7:30 -- 10:30 A.M.  Registration


8:30 -- 10:00 A.M.  Panel discussing the Principles, Policies, & Procedures (PPP) updates: U.S. Board on Geographic Names-Domestic Names Committee Members (USBGN DNC)


10:00 -- 10:30 A.M.  Break


10:30 -- Noon;  U.S. Board on Geographic Names-Domestic Names Committee Meeting


Noon -- 1:30 P.M. Lunch on your own


1:30 -- 3:00 P.M.  U.S. Board on Geographic Names-Domestic Names Committee Meeting continued


3:00 -- 3:30 P.M. Break


3:30 -- 5:00 P.M. Alaska Historical Commission Meeting


Friday, May 1:

7:30 -- 8:30 A.M.;  Registration


8:30 --10:00 A.M.;  State Names Authorities Reports


10:00 -- 10:30 A.M.;  Break


10:30 -- 11:00 A.M.; The most significant Dene (or Athabascan) place names surrounding the Alaska Range: James Kari; Alaska Native Language Center

11:00 -- 11:30 A.M.; Panel Discussion--The Name Dispute: McKinley vs. Denali.  Panelist: Ed Alexander, Major Sam Alexander, Dana Wright, and Ken Karstens

11:30 -- Noon; Teaching the Ahtna Athabascan Language Through Interactive GiIS Mapping: Gene Agnew & Lisa Wade; Chickaloon Native Village


Noon -- 1:30 P.M. Lunch on your own


1:30 -- 2:00 P.M. Sam Clemens Cove: The Trials and Tribulations of Naming a Cove in Lake Tahoe:  Christine K. Johnson, PhD; Nevada Board of Geographic Names

2:00 -- 2:30 P.M. The Onomastic Legacy of America's Forgotten War: Edward & Jean Callary; Northern Illinois University, Emeritus

2:30 -- 3:00 P.M. Place Names Associated with Animals and Plants: Matthew O'Donnell; US BGN Contractor


3:00 -- 3:30 P.M. Break


3:30 -- 4:00 P.M. The Numbers Game: Numbers in Geographic Names:  Mr. Douglas Caldwell; U.S. Army Corp of Engineers

4:00 -- 4:30 P.M. What was the name of that bar?  The Notorious Bars of Alaska: Douglas L. Vandegraft

4:30 -- 5:00 P.M. Individual Paper TBA

6:00 -- 8:30 P.M.; Wrap-up Social with speaker.  Twisted Names and Imaginary Places: Alaska, Yukon, and Klondike

                          Terrence M. Cole, Professor of History, University of Alaska, Fairbanks and Member, Alaska Historical Commission

8:30 -- 10:30 P.M. "Historic Bar Crawl of Fourth Avenue"  Note: This is not a bar hopping, beer drinking thing! Doug Vandegraft will enlighten th group about

                            the history and legends how these historic bars got their names.


Saturday, May 2:

7:30 A.M. -- 5:30 P.M.; Anchorage to Hope: An Educational Toponymic Tour




 

Geographic Names Conference & Workshop


Tentative Program

April 28--May 2, 2015

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Northern Lights, by Wayne Johnson

Alaska Railroad along Turnagain Arm

Photo by Nicole Geils

Note:  All photography on this page provided by Visit Anchorage

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Flattop Mountain

Photo by Roy Neese

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Trekking on Eagle River

by Ken Graham

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