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The Alaska Native Language Archive: Present and Future
PartnershipsStacey Baldridge
Collection Manager, Alaska Native Language Archive
University of Alaska Fairbanks
May 24, 2013
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Alaska Native Language Center
founded 1972 by State legislation to be a center for research, documentation, and teaching of the 20 Native languages of Alaska
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Archive Holdings
~ 1500 linear ft. manuscripts, including nearly everything written in or about Alaska Native languages
~ 5000 recordings
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Language Families in Alaska
Eskimo-Aleut (5 languages) Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit (13 languages)
30+ others in Canada and lower 48originally called Na-Dene
Haida Tsimshian
Others?>14k sites in Tanana Valley“crossroads of continents”
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Overview: Partnerships
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Who is ANLA partnered with? Why partnerships are important Current and future challenges
ANLA Partnerships
Ahtna Heritage Foundation (C’ek’aedi Hwnax) Copper Center, Alaska (Ahtna Language)
Sealaska Heritage Institute, Juneau, Alaska (Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian)
Native Village of Afognak/Alutiiq Museum, Kodiak, Alaska (Alutiiq)
Upper Kuskokwim Athabascan Language Preservation and Revitalization. Telida, Alaska Project (Upper Kusko)
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Importance of Partnerships Access worldwide “Sharing the wealth” Building bridges and connections Further language research and documentation
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Language documentation
• dictionaries
• grammars
• texts
• pedagogical materials
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Current and Future Challenges
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(digital) preservation (digital) access repurposing language materials integration with non-linguistic resources interface with local language archives outreach to community-based and
academic researchers
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Digital preservation initial audio digitization efforts begun in 2000
in collaboration with Oral History 2003 founding member of Digital Endangered
Languages and Musics Archiving Network participant in NSF Electronic Metastructures
for Endangered Languages project (E-MELD) currently working with Surreal Studios to
digitize entire audio collection preservation of digital files at ARSC
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Access via catalog
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Alutiiq Grammar
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Vast majority of requests are non-linguistic
ethnobotany in the Yukon Flats region eulogy for Father Rysev genealogy in the Upper Koyukuk region Yup’ik music recordings photos from Prince William Sound region information on Russian influence in the middle
Kuskokwim River region.
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For further discussion
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How can we better collaborate on digital access and partnerships?
How can we better engage with communities to develop and repurpose repatriated materials?
How can partnerships benefit users as well as institutions?
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