The Upper Inlet Dena'ina Oral Narratives Collection: Transcription, Translation, Annotation, and Publication

FAIN: RQ-287005-22

Native Village Of Eklutna (Chugiak, AK 99567-5148)
Aaron Leggett (Project Director: December 2021 to present)

Planning to publish the transcription, translation, and annotation of the oral folk tales of the Dena'ina who live in Alaska. (36 months)  

This three-year project will transcribe, translate into English, annotate, and publish the complete known corpus of audio recorded narratives of the Upper Inlet Dena’ina (Tanaina) (UID) of southcentral Alaska, primarily by the late Dena’ina elder Shem Pete (c. 1896–1989), a versatile and prolific storyteller.