Council of Yukon First Nations - Yukon Native Language Centre

Purpose

Through previous Listen, Hear Our Voices funding the Yukon Native Language Centre (YNLC) was able to set up a state-of-the-art digitization facility, work closely with 11 of 14 Yukon First Nations (YFNs) to identify prioritized audio recordings for digitization, and digitize a total of 825 of the prioritized materials. Although 825 is a massive achievement, it was clear through YNLC communications with YFNs that the YNLC audio recording collection holds far more than 653 prioritized audio recordings (the 11 participating YFNs requested a total of 871 audiocassettes). The goal of this follow-up project is to continue with the digitization of prioritized audio recordings, as well as expand the YNLC capacity for digitization and intellectually connect existing materials of different formats.