Comment: Sounds bit hypocritical effort to me. If they want to keep their language alive, first step is to stop using English names. Don't all natives have native names?? That would shows the seriousness of their determination to keep their language alive. But changing superficial names, proves nothing but being superficial.

Only way this will work is if they take the path that Wales have taken. In Wales, all signs, official notices, just about everything have to be written in Welsh....and in English. So if Barrow want a stop sign written in native language, they would have to provide the English translation right below it. That is the only fair way to do. And all of this, should come from Barrow's budget, not the state's. Inupiaq is NOT the official language of Alaska. 

We are all immigrates here, some came earlier, others came late. Even native Americans came over into North America from Asian mainland long ago. Are we to argue who's first or whose last now??