Resources

Revitalization Programs

Programs Concerned with Alaska Native Language (ANL) Revitalization

(Note: This list is probably incomplete. You may add your program or correct your information by sending email to Lawrence Kaplan, Alaska Native Language Center – June 6, 2012

  1. I. Documentation
    1. Alaska Native Language Center/ UAF
      (publishes dictionaries, grammars, texts, scholarly articles on Alaska Native languages)
    2. Alaska Native Language Archive/UAF
      (archives original materials and recordings, assists regional archiving)

    3. (dictionaries of Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian and other language materials)

    4. (Records and archives oral tradition for Bering Strait region)

    5. (Alutiiq language materials and information)

    6. (Elders’ Conference transcripts and recordings, Inupiaq oral tradition, video)
    7. Simon Paneak Memorial Museum, Anaktuvuk Pass
      (museum exhibits, publications, library for Nunamiut Iñupiat)

    8. (museum displays and publications)
    9. Individual authors and teams:
      (Central Yup’ik publications, museum exhibits and catalogs)
      Richard and Nora Dauenhauer -- Tlingit literature

    10. (exhibits, publications, videos for diverse ANLs)
    12. (widely varied content on ANLs)
  2. Materials for Language Learning and Teaching
    1. Rural School districts publish materials and on-line resources for local languages
    2. Many of the organizations under (I) above: Alaska Native Language Center, Sealaska Heritage Institute, Kodiak Alutiiq Museum, ANKN, etc.
  3. Language classes
    1. College level
      1. Alaska Native Language Program/UAF (currently offers Inupiaq, Yup’ik, Koyukon and Gwich’in Athabascan, with B.A. degrees in Inupiaq and Yupik): ANLC classes offered
      2. Kuskokwim Campus/UAF (Yup’ik language classes and Yup’ik B.A. degree taught primarily in Yup’ik):
      3. Chukchi Campus/UAF (Malimiu Inupiaq)
      4. Northwest Campus/UAF (Seward Peninsula Inupiaq)
      5. (new Alutiiq Studies Program)
      6. UAA Main Campus, (Yup’ik, Tlingit)
    2. Schools – numerous schools offer ANLs as part of their curriculum, with everything from language immersion to short periods several times per week
    3. Special language programs
    4. Mentor-apprentice learning: Kodiak Alutiiq Museum, Alaska Native Language Program/UAF (learners paired with speakers)
  4. Language Committees and Commissions
    3. Gwich’in language committee: Hishinlai’ Kathy Sikorski, krsikorski@alaska.edu
    4. Tlingit Words Committee
  5. Resource Websites
    2. Dena’ina Qenaga: (Dena’ina Athabascan resources)
    3. Alaska Native Language Center
    4. Alaska Native Language Archive
    9. , Reflections on the Native Languages of Alaska (blog)