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Ellen Carrlee, Conservator for the Alaska State Museum was honored for "Outstanding current contribution to Alaskan Anthropology" by the Alaska Anthropological Association (AkAA) at their 2021 virtual conference on 3/1/2021.
Ellen was awarded for the publication of her two online guides, "Alaskan Ten Agents of Deterioration" and "Condition Reporting." We hope you will join us in congratulating Ellen on this well-deserved award!
Ellen and the other AkAA Scholarship Award Winners 2021 are pictured on the last page of the February 2021 Alaska Anthropological Association Newsletter.
The Sheldon Jackson Museum is pleased to announce that the exhibition Tradition Innovation may now be viewed online on the Alaska State Museum website. Images of Yup’ik artist Peter Williams’ works, including garments, hunting and sewing equipment, and environmental-based art, a copy of Williams’ artist statement, and a video recording of his January 16th opening reception artist talk may all be accessed online at: https://lam.alaska.gov/peter-williams
Tradition Innovation will be on exhibit at the Sheldon Jackson Museum until the last week of April 2021. The proposal for the exhibition was selected by panel from over a dozen applications. The next Solo Show Exhibition Series will take place in 2022. Images of the exhibition will be posted on the Alaska State Museum website in the online exhibitions section for viewing.
For the most up to date information on museum operating hours, please visit: https://lam.alaska.gov/sjm-info.
From our friends at the Alutiiq Museum:
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With a $49,564 grant from the Institute from Museum and Library Services, the Alutiiq Museum will host a tribal summit to discuss topics in recent Alutiiq history. The Difficult Discussions project, which started in January, is an effort to identify stories from the past 250 years of Alutiiq life that tribal members wish the museum to tell. Representatives from ten Kodiak tribes will gather at the museum for a two-day summit planned for June.
“When the Alutiiq Museum opened it was hard to learn about Alutiiq traditions, anywhere,” said Executive Director April Laktonen Counceller. “Twenty-five years ago, Elders urged us not to focus on stories of oppression, because of the great need for cultural education. But now, some tribal members want us to look at the ways recent experiences have shaped our community. They advocate for an honest telling of our history to promote healing and combat stereotypes.”
At the two-day event, tribal members will hear presentations from tribal historians Counceller, Alisha Drabek, and Sven Haakanson. Each will share a different aspect of recent Alutiiq history. Following these presentations, tribal representatives will participate in facilitated discussions to share their personal stories and give advice about the topics to share in exhibits and publications. The Discussions will be facilitated by the First Nations Institute and supported by a mental health professional from the Kodiak Area Native Association.
“Our ancestors and Elders have persevered through incredible challenges,” said Counceller. “The massacre at Refuge Rock, the smallpox epidemic, abusive educational institutions, and medical mistreatment are not easy to talk about. Yet, they are an essential part of our history and directly relevant to understanding our communities. By providing an opportunity to discuss community history in a safe supportive space, Difficult Discussions will help people learn and share.”
Based on the instructions of tribal members, the museum will update its interpretive plan—the document that guides its educational efforts. The museum will also create a series of educational handouts and a script for a future exhibit.
Counceller said, “This project will allow tribal members to tell the stories that are important to them and help the museum provide a fuller, more truthful account of the Alutiiq experience. Not all of these stories are about pain and loss. There are also remarkable examples of resistance and perseverance among our people. We want to tell all of these stories.”
The Alutiiq Museum is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving and sharing the history and culture of the Alutiiq, an Alaska Native tribal people. Representatives of Kodiak Alutiiq organizations govern the museum with funding from charitable contributions, memberships, grants, contracts, and sales.
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The UAA/APU Consortium Library's Archives and Special Collections' Jan/Feb 2021 New in the Archives Newsletter leads off with a leak issue in the Archives vault was which quickly handled through a team effort. It then turns to their collections work, which included new additions to Alaska's Digital Archives:
The Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) is hosting a March 2021 lecture series on Alaska Native Subsistance. The series consists of:
All lectures will be livestreamed to SHI's YouTube channel at 12 pm AKST. For additional information, read SHI's 2/23/21 press release on this lecture series.
On 2/26/2021, the Alaska Native Heritage Center (ANHC) is pleased to announce that The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded an $800k grant to support Utuqqanaatmiñ, a three-year initiative for innovative Indigenous programming to drive social change and community healing. For details, see their press release "AHNC Awarded Three-Year $800K Grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation."
Are you a teacher residin in Montana or Alaska? Are you interested in Library Sciences? Are you interested in Indigenous Studies? If so, then you need to know about the Indigenous Perspectives in School Libraries (IPSL) scholarship at Montana State University (MSU). The IPSL scholarship is a fully funded opportunity for you to earn a Library Media Certificate (LMC) online and become a part of the next generation of culturally responsive school librarians!
IPSL is a community catalyst project that seeks to build capacity by preparing school librarians serving Indigenous populations to be culturally relevant educators who can serve as models and leaders in their schools and communities. To accomplish this goal, IPSL consists of two interrelated components:
All of this will be accomplished via MSU’s fully online three-semester, 21-credit Master’s-level LMC program which leads to a teaching endorsement as a K-12 library media specialist in AK, MT, and many other states. Applicants residing in rural areas and/or serving Alaska Native populations/Montana reservation communities will be given priority consideration. Why MSU’s LMC Program?
For more information on the Indigenous Perspectives in School Libraries Project and Scholarship, a schedule of our recruitment events, and how to apply for MSU’s Library Media Certificate Program, email us at librarymedia@montana.edu or visit our website at bit.ly/msulibrarymedia. Also, you can keep up to date on all the exciting developments of the IPSL project by following us on Twitter @msulibrarymedia and Facebook @msulibrarymediacertificate. We hope you will consider this opportunity and share it with as many teachers as you can!
From our friends at the Alaska Humanities Forum:
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We're working on a project (Tell Your Story: Alaska Voting Stories) aiming at collecting and preserving Alaskan voting stories! The project is centered around sparking a rich, statewide conversation on representation and civic engagement, but stories and storytelling are at its heart. We're hoping to gather people's memorable voting experiences--whether about the first time they voted, a time they chose not to vote, a time it was difficult to vote, or another form of reflection--to highlight the diversity of relationships Alaskans have with voting and the many stories present in the state.
Stories are being collected and displayed on this online gallery for one year and will then be transferred to the University of Alaska’s Archives and Special Collections to keep them accessible for the future. Some are published to our social media to help reach more Alaskans and encourage submission. The submissions page is here, and any brief written reflection, picture capturing a moment or piece of art, or audio/video recording under 3 minutes is welcome. We only ask for an accompanying title!
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From our friends at the REopening Archives, Libraries and Museums (REALM) Project:
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A review of SARS-CoV-2 research published through November 2020, which summarizes current research on how the virus spreads, its survival on materials and surfaces, and the effectiveness of various prevention and decontamination measures.
When creating reopening plans or revising protocols to meet current conditions, reviewing what other institutions are doing can be helpful. The Reopening Considerations guide from REALM looks at different types of information that can be helpful for staff, vendors and the public about policies and procedures.
New toolkit resources covering vaccines, social distancing, and virtual programming are also available:
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The latest US National Archives Education Update talks about their new primary sources page for World War II:
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We have a brand new World War II page on DocsTeach, the online tool for teaching with documents! The page includes hundreds of primary sources and teaching activities for WWII.
You’ll find primary source sets for a variety of WWII topics, including:
For examples of resources, check out the whole 3/1/2021 Education Update: A New World War II Teaching Resource.
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Does your internet service plan have a data cap? Are your sure? Do you know how to pull back on data usage while still getting things done online? A recent PC Magazine article reported on a survey that indicated nearly half of Americans did not know the data cap on their plans. According to the article, "it was an unwelcome surprise for many of the 37% of those surveyed who hit their data cap and the 68% who had to pay overage fees."
Sometimes people aren't penalized with overage fees, but with radically decreased speeds. If you find your connection almost unusable towards the end of each month, you might ask your Internet Service Provider (ISP) if you have a data cap?
If you find you have a data cap and need some quick tips on using less data, check out:
Do You Know Your Home ISP's Data Cap? Half of Us Don't: During the pandemic, many people have discovered that their home ISP plans have data caps. Here's what you can do so you don't hit yours. By Chandra Steele. PC Magazine, 3/3/2021.
What's your favorite tip for reducing data usage? Drop us a line!
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