Resources

FAQs and White Papers

Quick facts and statistics about Alaska Native languages.

• On the name Athabascan
• Inuit or Eskimo: Which names to use?
• Comparative Yupik and Inuit
• Inuit Snow Terms: How Many and What does it Mean?
• Dog Names
• Common Expressions
• Population & Speaker Statistics
• Practical Orthographies
• Language Relationships
• The Dene-Yeniseian Languages
• About the Alaska Native Language map
• On the origin of the name Troth Yeddha'
• Fairbanks Area Native Place Names
• Talking Alaska blog

ANLC Messenger

Newsletter of the Alaska Native Language Center

• Issue #1 (Dec 2001)
• Issue #2 (May 2002)
• Issue #3 (????)

ANLC Publications Online

Many ANLC publications are now available online as PDF downloads. See the publication pages for the individual languages for more information,

Alaskool Website

The Alaska Native Studies Curriculum and Teacher Development (ALASKOOL) website has made several Native language publications available online, including an online Inupiaq dictionary.

• Tlingit Noun Dictionary
• Online Inupiaq Dictionary
• Inupiaq and the Schools, a handbook for teachers
• Central Yup'ik and the Schools, a handbook for teachers
• Athabaskan Languages and the Schools, a handbook for teachers
• Many Tongues -- Ancient Tales by Michael Krauss. Discussion of whether American languages came from Asia.

Archival Materials

• The Alaska Native Language Archive contains more than 15,000 documents and 5000 recordings in and about Alaska Native langauges.