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Online Home About Credit and Partners Timeline Collect Contribute Explore Educational Resources News and Updates Image Gallery Contact S × SEARCH Homepage Land is the gift of our ancestors and the guarantee of our right to continue our subsistence lifestyle. Land is the heart of our culture. Without land, we are nothing.” – Harvey Samuelsen 1926 – 2004 You can’t lose your culture as long as you are learning place names in your Native language.” – Robert Charlie, Athabascan Elder Alaska’s place names should reflect and respect the rich cultural history of our state…” – Alaska Governor Bill Walker, lauding the official recognition of the name Denali Land Acknowledgement Thank you to the Alutiiq/Sugpiaq, Dena’ina/Tanaina, and Yup’ik/Yupiaq peoples of . We recognize the thousands of years of stewardship and acknowledge the people of the region as they continue to be the caretakers of the land. Quyana, Chin’an, Quyanaa! Collect Place Names Add Place Names explore Place Names News and Updates: 03 March 2022 Online! App Released Native Corporation Land Department has released a free mobile app to support the mission of its place name project and allow access to a wealth of knowledge about place names…right on… READ MORE 07 January 2020 Learn Yup’ik with the new Yugtun Language App Southwest Region School District and Campus developed a language app that helps people learn Yup’ik. The Yugtun Language App was launched in October 2019, and offers 45 lessons on basic vocabulary and grammar,… READ MORE 29 August 2019 Explore Place Names easily with our new update New! Explore an updated version of our place names map, now enhanced for mobile users. With assistance from Remediation, LLC, BBNC’s Land Department recently launched an improved version of the place names mapping… READ MORE 26 January 2016 Talking Alaska blog Our partners at UAF’s Alaska Native Languages Archive have been tracking current news related to Alaska Native languages and place names with an online blog called Talking Alaska. A review of the content that’s been… READ MORE 28 December 2015 December 2015 Workshop Native Corporation Land Department and Native Corporation Education Foundation hosted a workshop, attended by 70, that addressed Cultural Heritage Program Resources. Several panelists, representing public and private organizations, described funding opportunities… READ MORE 1 2 3 4 Native Place Name Iiyuussiiq: stream × Thank you! You’ll be hearing from us soon. BACK TO SITE BBNC Land Department Call: 1-907-278-3602 111 W. 16th Avenue, Ste 400 Anchorage, AK, 99501 © 2016 All rights reserved. BBNC | Credit and Partners Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Maecenas rhoncus metus lacus, quis consectetur dolor scelerisque nec. Aenean condimentum mi et vulputate tristique....