The Alaska Native Place Names project aims to create a comprehensive record of the indigenous place names of Alaska, across all of Alaska's Native languages. To achieve that end the project is building a multilingual geo-database which both (i) preserves existing documentation; and (ii) synthesizes a new documentary record based on input from Native language experts. The database will be designed to handle issues of both linguistic and geographic uncertainty. The database will be searchable through a web-based portal, and GIS data will be made available through the Alaska State Geospatial Data Clearinghouse
The ANPN Project is also compiling a list of
place name resources
for Alaska Native languages. For more information view the
Projects Page.
News
Ahtna maps now available. [2012-05-23]
More information about the name Troth Yeddha', which refers to the ridge on which the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus is now situated, can be found on the ANLC website.
Lower Tanana Place Names maps now available. See the Lower Tanana section. [2012-03-05]
ANPN presentation at the
2011 Athabaskan Languages Conference in Whitehorse, Yukon
The new
Alaska Native Language Map was featured in
UAF
Frontiers magazine
and in the
July 10th edition of the Anchorage Daily News.
The October 2011 meeting of the Council of Geographic Names Authorities
will specifically address the topic of
Geographic Names of Indigenous Peoples.
[conference info]