By: Leer, Jeff; Anahonak, Carl; Moonin, Arthur
ISBN: N
Date: Rpr, 2015 (first published 1978)
From the Acknowledgments: This dictionary is the outgrowth of an Alutiiq stem list begun by Jeff Leer in 1971 and continuing to the present under the auspices of the Alaska Native Language Center (ANLC). The list started with stems used in the first Alutiiq publication by ANLC, Unigkua'it Paluwigmiut Nanwalegmiut-hlu (retitled Sugcestun Unigkuat, which is a collection of traditional stories which was collected from the people of Port Graham and transcribed by Derenty Tabios. This stem list continued to grow during grammatical research with Tabios, and during Leer's field trips and visits to Port Graham and English Bay many new stems were gathered from different people and added to the list. During 1974, Leer gathered a considerable amount of material from Sergius Moonin, but much of this is not given in this dictionary since it is not commonly known and used today. Undoubtedly one of the most important sources of vocabulary and word usage has been the Anahonak family of English Bay, and in particular Carl Anahonak, who has been helping Leer in learning Kenai Peninsula Alutiiq over a period of more than five years on a voluntary basis, as well as while working for ANLC and the National Bilingual Materials Development Center (NBMDC). With his assistance, the grammatical structure of the conversational language has been fully explored. Nevertheless, most of the people of Port Graham and English Bay have contributed something to this dictionary, and in this sense, it is their gift to their children.
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