Alaska Native Language Archive

Mission

Michael Krauss browsing the Alaska Native Language Archive

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 The collection includes both published and unpublished materials in or on all of the Alaska Native languages and related languages.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.

New ANLA Website

construction

Our website is currently being updated to provide improved access to our catalog and our digital collections. In the meantime finding aids and container lists for 12 individual languages and 2 special collections can still be accessed at our old site.

Archive recieves NSF grant for audio collection

National Science Foundation

The Archive was recently awarded a nearly $500,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to suport development of digtial access to over 2000 Alaska Native language interview tapes recorded under the 1971 Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act and another 2000 plus recordings selected from the 5000 held by the Alaska Native Language Archive. [read more...]