Alaska Native Language Archive

401 Brooks Building
PO Box 757680
Fairbanks, Alaska 99775

907-474-7436 - phone
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uaf-anla-dept@alaska.edu



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 The collection includes both published and unpublished materials in or on all of the Alaska Native languages and related languages.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

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 manuscripts and recordings

Our online catalog is not yet complete but continues to improve. You can perform a keyword search here, or go to the advanced search page to perform a fielded search or browse by language.


               

Search publications

Search our publications in the UAF Goldmine Library catalog. New publications added daily. (Search opens in a new window.)


Online Dictionary Resources new

Looking for a dictionary of an Alaska Native languages? Many dictionaries can be access 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 order 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. [more]






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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.