In honor of American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month in November, the Sheldon Jackson Museum will host a Community Potluck / Mukluk Share and the first talk in the Friends of Sheldon Jackson Museum’s (FOSJM) Share Your Culture/Share Your Research Winter Series.
The Community Potluck Mukluk Share will happen Saturday, November 4 at 5:30 pm. It's open to all members of the community and will take place at the See House (behind St. Peter’s by the Sea Church) at 611 Lincoln St. Golga Oscar's mukluk making class will share the mukluks they've been working on during their intensive week-long class, and light fare and refreshments will be provided. You're encouraged to wear moccasins or mukluks to the potluck if you have them. RSVP by calling the museum at (907)747-8981.
Sabena Allen (Tlingit) will give a presentation on Thursday, November 9 at 12 pm on “Complicating Discourse About Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Climate Change Policy in Southeast Alaska.” This event kicks off the Winter Share Your Culture, Share Your Research Series sponsored by FOSJM. Allen’s presentation will be held in-person at the museum and on Zoom.
Allen will discuss a broad overview of the meaning of Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) and stereotypes about Indigenous peoples as environmentalists. This will draw mostly from existing academic literature. According to Allen, “indigenous people have essential knowledge that has been disrespected by Western academia and science. This knowledge is key in addressing climate change. Nonetheless, harmful stereotypes have also emerged about Indigenous people being “one with nature.” This creates unreasonable settler colonial standards, which Indigenous communities have no chance of achieving, and which do not accurately reflect the way that Indigenous knowledge circulates in community. This, in turn, creates narrow modes of discourse for discussing TEK and hinders communication about community projects.” After establishing this claim, she will briefly discuss how these ideas fit within her dissertation project, which is focused on what Indigenizing climate action looks like tangibly in Tlingit communities and how traditional knowledge and values are circulating now, as informed by oral history.
Aandaxjoon, whose English name is Sabena Allen, is a Gaanaxteidí Raven and a child of the Kaagwaantaan clan. She received her undergraduate degree in Native American Studies at Dartmouth College and is now a PhD candidate in Anthropology at The University of Chicago. Her research focuses on climate change and Tlingit oral history. Specifically, she considers the long history of catastrophe in southeast Alaska and the way traditional knowledge found in oral history influences current responses to climate change. Aandaxjoon is originally from Sitka, where she is currently conducting her dissertation field work.
To reserve a seat, call the museum at (907) 747-8981. To attend on zoom, go to https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83243397768?pwd=NnhMdXh5WFZpY1Nibk1qMDlQNk82QT09 or www.zoom.com and enter Meeting ID: 832 4339 7768 and Passcode: Allen.
Golga Oscar’s mukluk making class and the potluck celebrating the finished mukluks is made possible with generous support from the International Folk Art Museum of Santa Fe, the CIRI Foundation, and Friends of Sheldon Jackson Museum. The Share Your Culture/Share Your Research Winter Series is sponsored by Friends of Sheldon Jackson Museum.
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