CREDITS

 Major funders

• Bristol Bay Native Corporation
• Bristol Bay Native Association

 Additional funding

• The Alaska Cadastral Project, a joint effort of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management and Alaska Department of Natural Resources

 Community profile maps and data

• Bristol Bay Borough
• Bristol Bay Native Association
• Lake & Peninsula Borough

Orthophoto imagery and community profile linework used with permission from:

• Alaska Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development
• Bristol Bay Borough
• Lake & Peninsula Borough
• Bristol Bay Native Association

 Place names sources

• Alaska Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development
• Lake & Peninsula Borough
• U.S. Department of Agriculture
• Denali Commission Alaska
• National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
• Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities, Division of Governmental Coordination
• Bureau of Indian Affairs
• Communities of the borough and the region
• Public and private documents
• Ongoing research
• The late Irene Reed, former director of the Alaska Native Language Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks, and Robert Drozda, Director of ANCSA Project at the Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks compiled place names at an elder conference. Drozda also suggested many of the data collection fields within the base system’s data entry form.

PARTNERS

The Bristol Bay Native Corporation Land Department partners with organizations and institutions that have similar goals for documenting and using Native place names. If your organization is interested in partnering with us, please contact us.

University of Alaska Fairbanks Alaska Native Language Archive

Lake Clark National Park and Preserve