Program

Research Programs: Basic Research

Period of Performance

8/1/1974 - 12/31/1975

Funding Totals

$60,000.00 (approved)
$60,000.00 (awarded)


Alaska Native Language Writers Project

FAIN: RO-11893-74

University of Alaska, Fairbanks (Fairbanks, AK 99775-7500)
Michael E. Krauss (Project Director: August 1974 to present)

To support experienced native Alaskan writers who are creating their own literature, partly on the basis of traditional oral themes, partly in new creative modes. The recording and writing of native language materials will help preserve the language for scholarly study and also provide materials for educational and cultural uses.