Families
Multigenerational classes
From 2015-2018, the Alaska Native Heritage Center was provided a grant from the Adminstration for Native Americans to teach intergenerational class in Kisaġvik (Anchorage). These classes resulted in a sequenced curriculum that can be used to teach intergenerational classes or used as a general adult curriculum. This document is still in draft form so please let us know if you notice any typos.
Download it here.
This course is also available online in Quizlet form. Join the online course here.
Download Iñupiaq Survival Phrases Cards from the curriculum here.
Raising babies in Iñupiaq
The best way for your little ones to learn Iñupiaq is for you to speak to them in Iñupiaq at an early age. Iḷisaqativut has developed a phrasebook for speaking to infants in Iñupiaq (quyanaq to Aġnik, Iyaġak, and Annauk) that you can see below.
Click here to download Paipiuraġiik.
Annauk Olin expanded upon this phrasebook to develop Iñupiatun Iñuguġlavut Miqłiqtuvut - Let Us Raise Our Children in Iñupiaq, a learners manual to teach Iñupiaq to our little ones.
Click here to download Iñupiatun Iñuguġlavut Miqłiqtuvut.
Click here to watch a presentation about Iñupiatun Iñuguġlavut Miqłiqtuvut by Annauk hosted by the Anchorage Museum. (You will need to register your email to watch).