Kaktovik students came up with digits from zero through 19, composed of straight strokes joined at sharp angles that you can write without lifting a pen. “We didn’t want them to look like any ...

The Kaktovik numeral 16 is also composed of 15 and 1. "The kids really did come up with a brilliant system," Bartley said. "The numerals, you just have to look at them, and you can see what the ...

When the primary arrived on Aug. 20, Kaktovik’s polling station didn’t open. There was nowhere for the village’s 189 registered voters to cast a ballot. Kaleak, who also is an adviser to the regional ...

Nov. 7—Kaktovik numerals card game Almost 30 years ago, a group of Kaktovik students invented a numbering system that reflected the way they counted in Iñupiaq and made math more intuitive for ...