Summary of ANLPAC Recommendations: 2018

Summary of Alaska Native Language Preservation and Advisory Council (ANLPAC) Recomendations (2018). In May 2014, Alaska became the second state in the country (after Hawai’i) to recognize Native languages as official languages of the state with the passage of House Bill 216 during the 28th Legislature (Official Languages of State, House Bill 216, 2014). It is in the wake of this momentous decision, and as required by statute, the Alaska Native Language Preservation and Advisory Council (ANLPAC or Council) releases this report, which paints a general picture of the status of Alaska’s Native languages and the efforts being made to reverse their loss.