Sealaska Heritage Insitute provides digital access to dictionaries

A while back I mentioned the publication of several new dictionaries by Sealaska Heritage Institute. I'm now happy to report that SHI is making digital versions in PDF format available for free download.

• Dictionary of Alaskan Haida (item HAA004L2010)
• Dictionary of Tlingit (item TL005E2009)

Two new books from Sealaska Heritage Institute

ANLA just received two new publications from the Sealaska Heritage Institute.

• Haa Léelk’w Hás Aaní Saax’ú: Our Grandparents’ Names on the Land, compiled by Tom Thornton, is a compilation of Tlingit place names, nearly 20 years in the making. 
• The Alaskan Haida Phrasebook, by Emma Lawrence and Jordan Lachler, is the most comprehensive phrase book of any Alaskan language. 

Sealaska Heritage Institute to collaborate on preserving recordings

The Sealaska Heritage Institute has received an IMLS grant to digitize and annotate Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian recordings. By working with Native speakers the project will not only preserve recordings but also work to identify the contents of the recordings. In many cases historic recordings are not well labeled, so it can be difficult to determine the contents of the recording from the written labels (if they exist). As part of this grant ANLA will assist with digitization, while SHI will assist with identifying contents of Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian recordings at ANLA. In addition, ANLA will provide digital copies of its Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian collections to SHI.

There's a nice article about the project in the Alaska Dispatch.

Also see the SHI Special Collections Blog.