Project Grant RQ28700522

This three-year Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities, under the Promotion of the Humanities Research program (CFDA 45.161), will fund the transcription, translation into English, annotation, and publication of oral narratives from the Upper Inlet Dena'ina people of Southcentral Alaska. The $292,183 in funding will support Native Village of Eklutna to complete the known corpus of audio-recorded narratives primarily collected from late Elder Shem Pete between October 2022 and September 2025. By documenting this important collection of stories through transcription, translation, and scholarly publication, this award aims to advance knowledge and understanding of Upper Inlet Dena'ina culture and heritage.