I've always been impressed by the amounts of awareness of Naticve language in Hawaii. It seems everywhere you look Hawaiian language is found on signs. And now it can be heard too as visitors enter the Honolulu airport.
According to this story a Hawaiian language greeting will be played in the arrivals hall. Just imagine the impact a Dena'ina language greeting could have in the Anchorage airport?
Another story notes the importance of this new airport greeting in establishing a Hawaiian sense of place.
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