UAA Faculty Irasema Ortega, Agatha John-Shields and Karen Roth teach in the College of Education and in Distance Education. Their work focuses on cultural sustainable instruction, STEAM curriculum (EDEN A646) (science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics), the Chevak Teacher Education Initiative and the Early Childhood Programs (ECD) at UAA. This event is a unique opportunity to experience new ways of learning and relating to challenges facing students. Please note, it may be...

Joan Naviyuk Kane is the featured artist in the current Alaska Quarterly Review Volume 31. At this event she will read selected poems, discuss Alaska Quarterly Review, and writing opportunities for Alaska Native students. Students from the Alaska Native Cultural Charter School are in attendance. (Note, there are gaps in sound due to lack of microphone usage between 1:02:22 and 1:08:43 minutes.)

National Park Service historian Katie Ringsmuth (UAA History Dept.), anthropologist, author, oral historian Ann Fienup-Riordan, and family historian and closet archivist Willy Templeton (UAA Native Student Services), share insights on how to connect, research and uncover Alaska’s past. Their individual interests, projects, approaches and challenges researching Alaska will be highlighted.

This powerpont presentation by “Aisanna” Tia M. Holley, CDCII, NCACI, addresses what Alaskans can do to stop violence against women. In the past Tia M. Holley has presented her research on stages of addiction and untreated trauma for the Alaska Network on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault. Joining Tia M. Holley is her mother, Apok Marie Anderson (Kunnuk) who was raised in King Island.

Tia M. Holley is a descendant from King Island, Alaska. Her Inupiat name is Aisena after her great grandmother. At this event, she shares her extensive research on domestic violence and sexual abuse in Alaska focusing on Alaska Native women. Joining Tia is her mother, Apok Marie Anderson (Kunnuk) who shares her life story and how she has overcome numerous traumas in her life. Tia M. Holley is a member of START ( Sexual Assault Response Team) ans is founder of RID Alaska of Child Abuse,...

The Chinese culture and the Yup'ik and Inupiaq cultures have existed for more than 4,000 years. Given their markedly different environments and contrasting status on the world stage, what dialogue would classical Confucian philosophy have with equally ancient Inupiaq and Yup'ik constructs? What insights emerge when Confucian and Inupiaq/Yup'ik cultures are juxtaposed? These intriguing questions will be the topics for this fascinating event which contrasts classical and traditional world...

Dr. Alisha Drabek is the new executive director of Kodiak's Alutiiq Museum. She has an MFA in creative writing from the University of Arizona, and a doctorate in Indigenous studies from the University of Alaska. Her children's book The Red Cedar of Agognak: A Driftwood Journey won an American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation in 2005. This event is sponsored with the Alaska Center for the Book, the Alutiiq Museum, Alaska Bilingual Education Association, and the Afognak Native...

Mark Trahant is the Atwood Chair of Journalism at UAA, a member of Idaho's Shoshone-Bannock Tribes and the former president of the Native American Journalists Association. He is the author of "The Last Great Battle of the Indian Wars" and worked as major contributor on the Frontline series "The Silence." In this talk, he will explain the importance of the Affordable Care Act, which opens for enrollment Oct. 1, and its meaning for Alaska Natives. This is a great opportunity for all Alaskans to...

Aaron Leggett, Paul Ongtooguk, Edgar Blatchford and Carl Wassilie discuss Alaska Native corporations and their shareholders. The discussion will primarily focus on Alaska Natives who feel disenfranchised and cheated because they do not have a formal relationship with any Native corporation due to the time of their birth and inheritance rules.

James Williams is an Alaskan Native born in Sitka. His clan is Raven/Frog, or Klks’adi from the Clay House. Besides being a renowned artist/carver he is an accomplished blacksmith and knife maker. At this event, James will showcase examples of his work and discuss the art of carving. The Frog Feast Bowl Ceremony (unveiling Cracked Frog) was November 29, 2012 at the Alaska Native Heritage Center. This extraordinary event offers an =intimate look at Tlingit life and values. (Note,the...

The Alaska Native Playwrights Project highlights contemporary Alaska Native playwrights and actors. Guest panelists at this event are Ed Bourgeois, a producer and director for the Native Theater at the Alaska Native Heritage Center; Jack Dalton, a professional storyteller, actor, writer, teacher, director, and Rasmuson Foundation Fellow who has created five theatrical works of epic storytelling including "Time Immemorial"; artist Robin Lovelace, from Sitka, who has has spent much of the...

This rare group of Alaskan Native and Alaskan writers come together to discuss "Writing the Alaska Native Story". Participants include Jan Harper Haines, author of Cold River Spirits: Whispers from a Family’s Forgotten Past; Lael Morgan author of Eskimo Star; William L. Iggiagruk Hensley, author of Fifty Miles from Tomorrow: A Memoir of Alaska and the Real People; and Dr. Jeane Breinig—Haida/ Raven, Brown Bear Clan-- (UAA English Dept), co-editor of Alaska Native Writers, Story Tellers...

Larry Merculieff was born and raised in a traditional upbringing on St. Paul Island. In 2003, Larry was instrumental in gaining both Federal and state recognition of Alaska Native subsistence rights to harvest halibut throughout coastal Alaska. He has connected with indigenous peoples throughout the world and is founder of Seven Generations Consulting. (Note: This recording may sound rough.)

Writing My Story featured Alaska Native writers Burton Haviland Jr. and Lucy Nuqarrluk Daniels who are contributors to the book, "Purely Alaska: Authentic Voices from the Far North". Acting as moderator for this event is Don Rearden, UAA faculty member and author of "Raven's Gift". Guest panelists describe the difficulties they had coming to terms with their personal stories, the challenges they encountered crafting their stories, and describe the distant relationship with their professors-...

How Life in the Arctic is Depicted aims to bring attention to misrepresentations of contemporary Alaska Native life. Participants include Seth Kantner, author of Ordinary Wolves and the book Shopping for Porcupine; Phyllis Fast, Anthropology Dept./UAA and author of Northern Athabaskan Survival; James Labelle, Alaska Native Studies/UAA; and Karla Booth, Alaska Native Rural Outreach Program/UAA.