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- New version of Iņupiaq Dictionary availableThe latest version of the North Slope Iņupiaq Dictionary, compiled by Edna Maclean, can be downloaded from the Archive as item <a href="http://www.uaf.edu/anla/item.xml?id=IN%28N%29971M2011">IN(N)971M2011</a>. This update includes a complete finderli
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- Sealaska Heritage Insitute provides digital access to dictionariesA while back I <a href="http://anlarchive.blogspot.com/2011/02/new-books.html">mentioned the publication</a> of several new dictionaries by Sealaska Heritage Institute. I'm now happy to report that SHI is making digital versions in PDF format availab
- Alutiiq Dictionary updatesUpdates to the Alutiiq Dictionary have been posted at item <a href="http://www.uaf.edu/anla/collections/search/resultDetail.xml?resource=13638">SU972L2011</a>. The updates are in a tagged lexical file format, consisting of three text files for main e
- Scheduled maintenance May 19-20Due to an extended maintenance period at ARSC access to digital files will be unavailable from 8:00 AM May 19 through 8:00 PM May 20 (all times Alaska daylight time). Our online catalog will still be accessible during this time. <br /><br /><br /><di
Mission
The Alaska Native Language Archive houses documentation of the various Native languages of Alaska and helps to preserve and cultivate this unique heritage for future generations. As the premier repository worldwide for information relating to the Native languages of Alaska, the Archive serves researchers, teachers and students, as well as members of the broader community. The collection includes both published and unpublished materials in or on all of the Alaska Native languages and related languages. The collection has enduring cultural, historic, and intellectual value, particularly for Alaska Native language speakers and their descendants.
Visiting the Archive
Visitors are welcome in the Archive during normal working hours. Vistors are encouraged to contact ANLA staff in advance in order to assist with locating materials. For more information see the section Information for Visitors.
Search publications
Search our publications in the UAF Goldmine Library catalog. New publications added daily. (Search opens in a new window.)
50-year-old Eyak recordings now available
A collection of eight recordings of Eyak made by Robert Austerlitz in 1961 were recently donated to the Archive by Prof. Daniel Abondolo. These recordings can be access via the Eyak collection page.
ANLA Welcomes FAI Intern
ANLA is pleased to welcome intern Liana Wallace, who will be working as a First Alaskans Institute intern during summer 2012. Ms. Wallace will be working to identify and curate key collections within the archive in order to improve access to useful materials.
Online Dictionary Resources
Looking for a dictionary of an Alaska Native languages? Many dictionaries can be accessed online via ANLA or other websites. See the dictionaries page in the collections section of our site.
North Slope Iņupiaq Dictionary
After decades of work a near-final draft of North Slope Iņupiaq to English
Dictionary (Iņupiatun Uqaluit Taniktun Sivunniuġutiŋit) is
now
available in the archive.
The dictionary was compiled by Edna Ahgeak Maclean.
Completion of the project was supported by the National Science Foundation
International Polar Year Project
Documenting Alaskan and
Neighboring Languages.
ANLA Item IN(N)971M2011.
Native Language Preservation Guide
The Administration for Native Americans has produced an excellent guidebook
for establishing local language archives. It's called Native Language Preservation:
A Reference Guide for Establishing Archives and Repositories. It provides comprehensive
information on how to start a language archive, including information about costs. It
also has two chapters devoted to locating resources in existing repositories.
The CD-ROM version can be ordered from the
ANA website,
or a pdf file can be downloaded here.
New Alaska Native Language Map
A new edition of the ground-breaking indigenous language map, created by Michael E. Krauss in 1974 and last revised in 1982,
is now available.
The Indigenous Peoples and Languages of Alaska map is a joint effort of the
Alaska Native Langauge Center and the
UAA Institute for Social and
Economic Research. The map shows the
indigenous language regions of Alaska and related languages of neighboring
Canada and Russia. This new digital version is available both in print and online.
GIS datasets used to create the map are also available.
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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grants No. 0957136, 1003481, 1003160. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.