Council of Yukon First Nations - Yukon Native Language Centre

Purpose

Building on a previous project, the Yukon Native Language Centre (YNLC) will continue the digitization of priority materials identified by 10 Yukon First Nations (YFNs) and to work with the four YFNs that were unable to participate in the initial program. This project will continue to identify and digitize priority recordings of their First Nations languages. The project’s main goals: 1) Through collaboration with experts in digitization, the project will strengthen local YFN capacity for digitizing and archiving audiocassette recordings of YFN languages at the YNLC, an established regional hub for First nations language revitalization, documentation, and education in the Yukon. 2) Through continued collaboration with all 14 YFNs, the project will identify and improve access to high-impact audio language recordings by Elders and speakers in YNLC’s archival collections, providing valuable resources for First Nations language revitalization and education initiatives throughout the territory.