One of the most important things you can do to stay healthy is “don’t touch your face.” Here’s how to say it in several of our Native languages.
- Ngina’ vogh dighenolniyh. (Deg Xinag)
- Nedaakoon nenaan’ aadeelneyh. (Denaakk’e/Koyukon)
- Ninya’ vahtat shro’. (Dinjii Zhuh K’yaa/Gwich’in)
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A very special thank you to our amazing translators: Eliza Jones and Marie Yaska (Denaakk’e/Koyukon), Steven Nikolai Sr. (Dinak’i/Upper Kuskokwim), Kenneth Frank and Allan Hayton (Dinjii Zhuh K’yaa/Gwich’in), Ruth Ridley (Hän), and Polly Hyslop and Olga Lovick (Nee’aanèegn’/Upper Tanana).
Stay safe, take care of yourselves and each other, and watch for more translations coming soon!