Arctic Studies Center, Alaska: The Alaska Office of the Smithsonian's Arctic Studies Center hosted the Dena'ina Language Institute at the Living Our Cultures exhibit gallery located in the Anchorage Museum. Elders Helen Dick and Gladys Evanoff shared their knowledge about Dena'ina heritage...

In 2002, Yup’ik traditional scholars Neva Rivers, John Phillip Sr., Virginia Minock and Joan Hamilton traveled from Alaska to Washington DC to share their knowledge about ancestral objects in the Smithsonian collections. These discussions contributed to the Arctic Studies Center’s Living Our...

In 2009, Tsimshian artist David Boxley shared his knowledge about cultural heritage objects in the Smithsonian collections in preparation for the Arctic Studies Center’s Living Our Cultures exhibition at the Anchorage Museum. Then in August of 2011, he gave a lecture at the exhibition about his...