State fights Native language

As if it weren't enough that the Federal government was fighting Native language, now the State of Alaska has gotten on the bandwagon, fighting in court to protect its right to deny Yup'ik language ballots to Yup'ik speaking voters in southwest Alaska. The state's argument, according to this June 12 Anchorage Daily News story, is that Yup'ik is "historically an unwritten language." I guess they want to keep it that way, and to ensure that one of the most viable of the state's indigenous languages is kept from gaining any ground.

Please comment if you know of any recent developments to this story. The court case is still pending as of today.