Download or read book Alaska Native Language Center Research Papers written by Alaska Native Language Center and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Ahtna Athabaskan Dictionary written by James M. Kari and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 728 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dictionary of the Ahtna language, one of the Athabaskan languages, spoken in the Copper River area of southcentral Alaska, by less than 100 persons in a total population of about 1200 of Ahtna descent.

Download or read book Kahtnuht ana Qenaga written by Peter Kalifornsky and published by . This book was released on 1982-01-01 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Shih doo daazhyaa written by Katherine Peter and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Yukon North Slope Inuvialuit Oral History written by Murielle Ida Nagy and published by [Whitehorse] : Yukon Tourism, Heritage Branch. This book was released on 1994 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Text of interviews with Inuvialuit elders along the Yukon North Slope and in Aklavik, Inuvik and Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories, undertaken to document traditional land use and indigeous regional knowledge. Topics covered include seasons of occupation, means of subsistence, habitation structures, trading activities, social life and involvement with the Anglican mission at Herschel Island.

Download or read book Stebbins Dance Festival written by Anatole Bogeyaktuk and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These two Stebbins elders describe the complex rituals of the dance festival in remarkable detail. Their memories were recorded in their native Yup'ik language, then transcribed and translated into English by Sophie Shield and Marie Meade and edited by Ann Fienup-Riordan. The result is a description of the drumming, dancing, gift-giving, and feasting that marked the winter ceremonial season. The text is presented in Yup'ik with facing-page English translations and is illustrated by James Barker and Suzi Jones, who photographed events in Stebbins in 1984.

Download or read book Dena ina sukdu a written by Mary Jane McGary and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book G giwdu t written by Elizabeth Nyman and published by Alaska Native Language Center. This book was released on 1993 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The six legends told here, in Tlingit on the left page and in English on the right page, are told by Elizabeth Nyman, a Tlingit elder of the Taku River clan. The narratives represent a portion of the clan's oral history. Introductory sections provide some historical background concerning the clan, the story teller, and the traditions with which the stories are associated. The texts include: "The Battle of the Giants"; "The History of the Taku Yanyedi"; "The Story of Glacier-Bidding Bay"; "Elizabeth Nyman Tells Her Life Story"; "The First Wedded Year"; and "Tl'anaxidakhw." Photographs and maps provide illustration. Indexes to personal names and place names are also included. (MSE)

Download or read book Yup ik Dialect Atlas and Study written by Steven A. Jacobson and published by Alaska Native Language Center. This book was released on 1998 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Dena ina Legacy written by Peter Kalifornsky and published by Alaska Native Language Center. This book was released on 1991 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collection of writings (short stories, animal stories, legends, myths, poems and language lessons) compiled by one of the last speakers of the Kenai dialect of the Dena'ina language of Cook Inlet, southern Alaska, Peter Kalifornsky.

Download or read book Kobuk Inupiaq Literacy Manual written by Lawrence D. Kaplan and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Neets Gwiindaii written by Katherine Peter and published by Alaska Native Language Center. This book was released on 1992 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book is Katherine Peter's own account, in her native Gwich'in Athabaskan language, of life in 1936-47 in Arctic Village, Alaska. An introductory section offers background information on the author's life and the origins of this work. The text that follows is in Gwich'in Athabaskan on the left page, and in English on the right page. It tells of the author's life as a young married woman in the isolated village, living off the land. Photographs and a map are included. Place names and personal names are also indexed. (MSE)

Download or read book King Island Tales written by Lawrence D. Kaplan and published by Alaska Native Language Center. This book was released on 1988 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collection of 25 narratives presented in the original Inupiaq Eskimo language, with English translations. Includes stories of the community house, hunting, childbirth, entertainment, shamans and hauntings. Includes numerous photographs.

Download or read book Bekk aatu gh Ts u hu ney written by Catherine Attla and published by Alaska Native Language Center. This book was released on 1996 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The legends found in this book have been handed down from generation to generation. Stories reflect the ambiguities and paradoxes of life.

Download or read book Dena ina Topical Dictionary written by James M. Kari and published by Alaska Native Language Center. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a dictionary of the Dena'ina Athabascan language of Cook Inlet Basin and the Southern Alaska Range. Vocabulary lists arranged by topic provide a panoramic view of the central cultural and ecological concepts of the Dena'ina. In terms of breadth of subjects, technical specificity, dialect coverage, and illustrations, this is the most refined topical lexicon in existence for an Alaska Native language and for any language in the Athabascan family. More than one hundred Dena'ina speakers contributed words, and many chapters were reviewed by experts in natural history and ethnology. This work positions Dena'ina topical materials at the intersection of ethnology and linguistics.

Download or read book Shandaa written by Belle Herbert and published by Alaska Native Language Center. This book was released on 1982 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Aleut Tales and Narratives written by Waldemar Jochelson and published by Alaska Native Language Center. This book was released on 1990 with total page 788 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recording of Aleut tales and narratives originally collected by Waldemar Jochelson in 1909-1910.