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Message: [QUOTE="quavik, post: 3996639, member: 10969"] When i moved to Kivalina (AK) i found out the Inupiaq give "eskimo names" to every newby [B][I]after[/I] [/B]their first year. Too many naluagmiu (eskimo for a white person) leave Kivalina after a VERY short stay. One new prospective teacher upon landing on the short gravel strip that connects the village with the outside refused to get off the plane. Another lasted one month. I made it for three years, but then transferred to teach at Noatak. Kivalina is a tough place for naluagmius. Early on in my second year teaching in Kivalina i was given the name Quavik - Inupiaq for wolverine. My avatar is an Alaskan quavik. I have used the name off and on for over thirty years now; it's rarely used down here (now living in IL) so it comes in handy to filter out some of the "noise" i encounter sometimes. Didn't mean to write a book here! [/QUOTE]