New digital version of Petitot's 1876 Gwich'in dictionary available

Thanks to the efforts of Chris Cannon a new scan of Emile Petitot's 1876 comparative Gwich'in - Hare - Dene Sųłine dictionary is now available. While this manuscript has been available digitally from other sources, the low resolution of those scans can make it difficult to read. This version is sufficiently high-resolution to make the material more legible.

Download ANLA item KU863P1876

Thanks and congratulations to Ed Alexandar

We'd like to express our thanks to Ed Alexander, Language Coordinator at the Yukon Flats School District, for assisting with the digitizing and cataloging of Gwich'in language materials. Ed volunteered his time while in Fairbanks awaiting the birth of child. His daughter Ch’eelil Emily Virginia Jyah Alexander was born April 8th. Congratulations Ed and Alisa!

Thanks to Ed's efforts you will now find even more Gwich'in materials available for download. Try using our search interface or viewing the Gwich'in container list.

Legends of the Gwich'in of the Western Arctic

Today we received a set of CD's titled Legends of the Gwich'in of the Western Arctic: Stories from the people of the Mackensie and Peel Rivers. The set includes one Gwich'in and one English CD. The legends were written into radio dramas and aired on CBC Radio in 2009 and 2010. Feel free to stop by and listen! Thanks to the Gwich'in Social and Cultural Institute for providing these CD's.

Yukon Flats Place Names

We are pleased to announce a new addition to the Archive entitled Compilation of Yukon Flats Athabascan Place Names for Stevens Village, Beaver, Birch Creek and Fort Yukon. Compiled by Adeleine Peter Raboff and James Kari, this manuscript describes more than 800 Gwich'in and Koyukon place names from the Yukon Flats region, based on interviews in Birch Creek, Fort Yukon, Beaver and Stevens Village.

A limited number of print copies with gray-scale maps are available from the author. Digital versions with color maps can be downloaded from the Archive.

Map 2, from the digital document

Vit'eegwijyąhchy'aa Vagwandak Nizįį

Michael Krauss, Richard and Susan Mueller

Today Dick Mueller donated a copy of the new Gwich'in translation of the New Testament. This book is described in some detail in this blog entry.