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5 Ways to Experience Alaska Native Culture, Heritage and Art - Smithsonian Magazine
5 Ways to Experience Alaska Native Culture, Heritage and Art. With more than 10,000 years of human history, the state offers boundless opportunities to connect with the living culture of Alaska ...
Alaska Native woman, 'everybody's helper,' is Orthodox church's first female North American saint
It was in the dusty streets and modest homes of this remote Alaska Native village that Olga Michael quietly lived her entire ...
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The Alaska Native Heritage Center Is a Home of Ancestral Knowledge - Hyperallergic
Paul Asicksik, cultural programs manager at the Alaska Native Heritage Center, where he has worked for more than 23 years, asserts that experiential teaching is the kind of education participants ...
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Native cultural tourism is ‘Alaska’s sleeping giant,’ panel tells industry leaders at statewide convention - MSN
Offering people authentic cultural tourism experiences in Alaska means rethinking a key element of how the state has long been marketed, Emily Edenshaw, president and CEO of the Alaska Native ...
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Alaska Native woman becomes first female saint
Now, after an elaborate ceremony in her village of about 800 people in southwestern Alaska, she is the first female Orthodox saint from North America, officially known as “St. Olga of Kwethluk, ...
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In Alaska, a new Yup'ik coloring book aims to strengthen culture for the next generation - NPR
Yup'ik is the most commonly spoken Native language in Alaska, but Nikki Corbett couldn't find any Yup'ik books to teach her kids the language. She wanted to fix that. Corbett grew up in the ...
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Grant increases museum access for Alaska Native artists and culture bearers
That knowledge eventually led her to seek a grant aimed at welcoming Alaska Native artists and culture bearers in to the state’s museums, which allowed her to travel from her home in Fort Yukon ...
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Native cultural tourism is ‘Alaska’s sleeping giant,’ panel tells industry leaders at statewide convention - Juneau Empire
Offering people authentic cultural tourism experiences in Alaska means rethinking a key element of how the state has long been marketed, Emily Edenshaw, president and CEO of the Alaska Native ...
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In Alaska, a new Yup'ik coloring book aims to strengthen culture for the next generation
Yup'ik is the most commonly spoken Native language in Alaska, but Nikki Corbett couldn't find any Yup'ik books to teach her kids the language. She wanted to fix that. Corbett grew up in the ...