Original artwork by Dale DeArmond, used with permission by the Alaska Native Language Center

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The materials made available on the Dena'ina Qenaga website (www.Qenaga.org) are copyrighted by the authors, the speakers whose voices are recorded, and the Alaska Native Language Center. There may be additional copyright holders as well as others who have provided funding or support for work presented here.

Users of the Dena'ina Qenaga website (www.Qenaga.org) agree to the following conditions on the use of Dena'ina Qenaga resources:

  1. I will not use any text, audio, video or image resource from the Qenaga.org site for commercial purposes.
  2. I will respect the intellectual property rights and copyrights that pertain to the materials on the Qenaga.org site.
  3. I will not alter or modify any text, audio, video or image resource in the Qenaga.org, without a legal authorization to do so, for example, fair use, or without prior explicit permission from the resource's creators.
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The Dena'ina Qenaga website endorses the guidelines for Respecting Cultural Heritage, as set forward by the Assembly of Alaska Native Educators. In particular,

Assembly of Alaska Native Educators

"Linguists can help strengthen heritage languages through ... assist[ing] in the conservation and preservation of heritage language materials, including appropriate media and storage facilities."

"Researchers may increase their cultural responsiveness through ... ensur[ing] controlled access for sensitive cultural information..."

See Assembly of Alaska Native Educators. (2001) Guidelines for Respecting Cultural Heritage. Fairbanks: Alaska Native Knowledge Network. [Full text may be downloaded from www.ankn.uaf.edu]


Materials on this site are copyrighted by the original authors, the speakers whose voices are recorded, and the Alaska Native Language Center. Materials may be used freely for non-commercial, educational purposes as specified in the license agreement. Alaska Native Language Center Archive materials made available through the Dena'ina Qenaga Digital Archive may be subject to more restrictive conditions of use as specified by the original depositors.

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