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10:30 – 4:30 Arts and Crafts Activities: Hall of Cultures
10:30 – 4:30 Heritage Gifts Open: Heritage Gifts Shop
10:30 – 4:30 Language and History Game (High School & Families): Info Desk Lobby
10:00 – 1:00 Atlatl Presentations: Open Throw: See Info Desk
10:30 – 12:25 Tlingit Language Class: Shirley Kendall: Hall of Cultures
10:30 – 11:25 Tsimshian Dance Class: Theo Bayou: Gathering Place
10:30 – 11:00 DVD: Stories Given, Stories Shared & Living from the Land and Sea: Theatre
11:00 – 4:00 Family Fun Activities: Slate Spear Tips Grinding, Petroglyph Clay Tiles & Archeology Board Game: Hall of Cultures
11:00 – 1:00 Native Art Class: Alutiiq Beaded Headdress: June Pardue: Hall of Cultures
11:00 – 11:55 Presentation: Spiritual Geography of Raven: Steve J. Langdon: Theatre
11:30 – 11:55 Dance Performance: Alaska Native Heritage Center Dance Group: Gathering Place
12:00 – 12:55 St. Lawrence Island Yupik Dance Class: Yaari Kingeekuk: Gathering Place
12:00 – 12:25 DVD: History of the Iòupiat: 1961 The Duck-In: Theatre
12:30 – 2:25 Dena’ina Language Class: Donita Peter: Hall of Cultures
12:25 – 1:25 Presentation: Hole-in-the-Wall: Steve J. Langdon: Theatre
1:00 – 1:25 Storytelling: Marge Andrews: Gathering Place
1:00 – 2:00 Atlatl Presentation & Demonstration: Richard VanderHoek: Competition to Follow: See Info Desk
1:30 – 2:25 Tsimshian Dance Class: Theo Bayou: Gathering Place
1:30 – 2:15 Village Site Tour: Living from the Land and the Sea: Crossroads
2:00 – 4:00 Native Art Class: Inupiaq Mittens: Willy Topkok: Hall of Cultures
1:30 – 2:25 Presentation: BIA ANCSA, 14(h) 1: Rita Miraglia: Theatre
2:30 – 4:25 Inupiaq Language Class (Kotzebue Area): Caroline Boskofsky: Hall of Cultures
2:30 – 2:55 Dance Performance: Alaska Native Heritage Center Dance Group: Gathering Place
2:30 – 3:00 Video: Siulipta Paitaat, Our Ancestors’ Heritage: Theatre
3:00 – 3:55 DVD: Eskimo and the Whale: Theatre
3:00 – 3:25 Storytelling: Quentin Simeon: Gathering Place
3:00 – 3:45 Village Site Tour: Living from the Land and the Sea: Crossroads
3:30 – 3:55 Dance Performance: Alaska Native Heritage Center Dance Group: Gathering Place
3:30 – 4:25 Siberian Yupik Dance Class: Yaari Kingeekuk: Gathering Place


Alaska Native Heritage Center

Dena'ina Qenaga

Submitted by rwk on Thu, 03/02/2006 - 9:20pm.
The Dena'ina Qenaga website is a web-based resource for the Dena'ina Athabascan language. This site is designed to provide information about the Dena'ina language, including information about language structure (grammar, pronunciation, spelling, etc.); information about learning the Dena'ina language (phrases and conversations, stories, etc.); and information about community language revitalization programs. This phase of website development is very much in its initial, beginning stages. We welcome ideas for additional content. Dena'ina Qenaga Digital Archive One of the primary goals of this site is to provide access to Dena'ina archival materials currently housed at the Alaska Native Language Center Archive. The need for access to materials was stated quite eloquently at a language workshop held at the Alaska Native Heritage Center in February 2004.

Native American Spirituality

Submitted by wcl on Sun, 05/01/2005 - 12:01pm.
"The culture, values and traditions of native people amount to more than crafts and carvings. Their respect for the wisdom of their elders, their concept of family responsibilities extending beyond the nuclear family to embrace a whole village, their respect for the environment, their willingness to share - all of these values persist within their own culture even though they have been under unremitting pressure to abandon them." Mr. Justice Thomas Berger, Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry, (aka the Berger Inquiry).

Natives and Nature : A Comparative Look at Yupiaq and Quechua Philosophies on War and Peace

Submitted by wcl on Sun, 05/01/2005 - 11:48am.
Natives and Nature A Comparative Look at Yupiaq and Quechua Philosophies on War and Peace Elizabeth Sumida Huaman, April 2003 The Re-making of the World The indigenous peoples of the world have experienced varying degrees of disruption or loss with regard to their traditional lifestyles and worldviews. This disruption has contributed to the many psychosocial maladies that are extant in indigenous societies today. The Western worldview with its aggressive educational practices and technoscience orientation has placed indigenous cultures in “harm’s way.” These cultures, having been characterized as primitive and backwards and therefore wanting, are subjected to an endless stream of assimilative processes to bring their practitioners into mainstream society. The indigenous people are forced to live in a constructed and psychic world not of their own making or choosing. Little is left in their lives to remind them of their indigenous culture; nor is there recognition of their indigenous consciousness and its application of intelligence, ingenuity, creativity, and inventiveness in the making of their world.[1]

Alaska Native Heritage Center

Submitted by rwk on Fri, 04/29/2005 - 11:14am.
An educational and cultural institution for all Alaskans, the Alaska Native Heritage Center provides programs in both academic and informal settings, including workshops, demonstrations and guided tours of indoor exhibits and outdoor village sites. Local residents and visitors to Alaska are introduced to Native traditions and customs of both the past and present. The Welcome House is a celebration of contemporary Alaska Native cultures while the outdoor facilities and sites allow the exploration of ancient tradition and the presentation of stories from the past. The Center provides a unique opportunity to experience Alaska's many diverse Native cultures at one location.

Alaska Native Arts Resource Directory

Submitted by rwk on Mon, 03/07/2005 - 12:33pm.
Welcome to the Alaska Native Arts Resource Directory... ...your complete guide to web sites about Alaskan Native visual artists, craftspeople, writers, musicians, dancers, dance groups, arts organizations and arts resources. Our goal is to provide you with a comprehensive Web directory featuring the finest Alaskan Native woodcarvers, jewelers, fiber artists, bead artists, basketry artists, weavers, mask makers, ivory carvers, painters, metalsmiths, sculptors, and other visual arts professionals. You will also find Alaskan Native writers, musicians, dancers and dance groups, Alaska Native arts organizations, and sources for Alaskan Native arts materials and regalia.

Arctic Studies Center

Submitted by rwk on Wed, 03/02/2005 - 11:39am.
The Arctic Studies Center invites you to explore the history of northern peoples, cultures, and environments and the issues that matter to northern residents today. Join us as we excavate arctic sites; support indigenous efforts to preserve cultural heritage; and work with communities and scholars to share the treasures preserved in museum collections and archives.

The Treaty of NAGPRA and Religious Renewal an Address to Keepers of the Treasures - Alaska

Submitted by rwk on Wed, 03/02/2005 - 11:33am.

The Treaty of NAGPRA and Religious Renewal
An Address to Keepers of the Treasures - Alaska
Rosita Worl - University of Alaska Southeast

Madame Facilitator, Madame President, Board Members and Officers of Keepers of the Treasures Alaska, Madame Vice President of the Alaska Federation of Natives, Mr. President of the National Keepers of the Treasures, respected guests and participants, and my dear friends.

I am deeply honored to be invited to address a body that holds the potential to contribute to the further enhancement of Alaska Native cultures. These cultures were once thought to be on the road to extinction. Miraculously, they survived, but they continue to face never ending challenges to their integrity. Many of you here in this room played a crucial role in the defense and restoration of Alaska Native cultures. Through your continuing efforts and with your courage, together with a cadre of new individuals entering the cultural defense arena, Native cultures may regain their former strength and be restored to their past glories. As one who holds our cultures dearly and cherishes the knowledge and values of our ancestors that have served us for thousands of years, I express my deepest gratitude to you. I am certain that future generations of Alaska Native children will also sing their praise and thanks for your efforts and undaunting dedication on their behalf.

CIRI Foundation

Submitted by rwk on Mon, 12/27/2004 - 8:01am.

Contact Information

2600 Cordova Street, Suite 206
Anchorage, AK 99503
Tel: (907) 263-5582
Toll Free: (800) 764-3382
Fax: (907) 263-5588
www.thecirifoundation.org

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