Place Names and Landscape Stories: Documenting Dena’ina Place Names and Geography of the Southern Alaska Range

Project ID: J9W88050019

Federal Agency: National Park Service

Partner Institution: Alaska Department of Fish and Game

Fiscal Year: 2005

Initial Funding: $46,800

Total Funding: $125,948

Project Type: Technical Assistance

Project Disciplines: Cultural

National Park: Lake Clark National Park and Preserve

Principal Investigator: Holen, Davin

Abstract: The project will document Dena’ina (and other) place names of sites in and around Lake Clark National Park and Preserve. New and existing place names and related data will be entered into a databased designed for the project. Information will be verified by Dena’ina speakers. Products will include a cultural atlas of the area, trail guides featuring cultural elements of the landscape and maps, as well as the populated database.