The resources at this site provide examples
and guidance about ways in which the rich oral traditions of Native
people can be
drawn upon in support of the school curriculum. Anyone wishing
to contribute to this site is encouraged to contact the coordinator
of the Alaska Native Knowledge Network at (907) 474-1902, or send
an email message
to uaf-cxcs@alaska.edu.
Process
of Interviewing
by Rachel Craig
This is a very helpful document for the protocols of interviewing an Elder.
Family
Tree Project
by Rachel Craig
Excerpt: "The elders of Northwest Arctic Borough have
been very concerned about our knowing our own family trees."
Naparyarmiut
Cultural Atlas
This student-produced Cultural Atlas is from Hooper Bay, Alaska, through the
direction of one of their teachers, Cate Koskey. Password required. To
obtain a password, you can Register.
Minto
Mapping Project
Excerpt: "The Minto Mapping Project began several
years ago with the intent of recording indigenous place
names of traditional and contemporary land sites used
by the people
of Interior Alaska's Minto Flats."
Marshall
Cultural Atlas
This collection of student work is Frank
Keim's classes. He has wanted to share these works for others
to use as an example of Culturally-based curriculum and documentation.
Kake
Cultural Atlas
This site is password protect for Cultural and Intellectual
Property Rights. To obtain a password, you can Register.
Angoon
Cultural Atlas
This site is password protect for Cultural and Intellectual
Property Rights. To obtain a password, you can Register.
Akula
Elitnaurvik
This site is student-produced to express their culture in
Kasigluk, Alaska.
Aleut/Alutiiq
Cultural Atlases
The Oral History Department of the University of Alaska-Fairbanks Rasmuson
Library, working under the terms of the Memorandum of Agreement between the
Alaska Federation of Natives and the University of Alaska Fairbanks, created
these "cultural atlases" as a means of integrating Native ways of knowing about
science and technology into Western educational curricula. These are the first
such internet compatible multimedia "jukeboxes" produced under the Alaska Rural
Systemic Challenge grant from the National Science Foundation. Password
required. To obtain a password, you can Register.
Upper and Lower Kalskag Virtual Museum
Excerpt:
This site has two purposes.
First it is a space for students of Upper and Lower Kalskag,
Alaska to share information about their surroundings, traditions,
and culture. They do this through pictures, film, and words...
Second, this site serves as a place for Educators to read about
and see a Place Based project in the classroom. Information tells
the research and educational philosophies that the Virtual Museum
project is based on. Films and Blog show how the project unfolds
in the classroom.
Hooper Bay Web-based Cultural Atlas - Framework
and Lesson Plans
"Cate Koskey enrolled
in CCS 693 -
Cultural Atlases as a Pedagogical Strategy at the University
of Alaska Fairbanks Cross Cultural Studies. As of December 2006,
this proposal and framework was being implemented in Hooper Bay,
Alaska, by teachers, students, and the community."
Building an Understanding of Cultural Topography:
Creating a Cultural Atlas with a Three-Dimensional Topographic
Map
"Cheryl Silcox, in White Mountain, Alaska, enrolled
in Cultural Atlases
as a Pedagogical Strategy at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Cross
Cultural Studies." This is an example of a Lesson Plan for Grade 2 being
utilized in White Mountain.
Native Insight Competition Winners
On October 22, 2009, "Alaska Federation
of Natives (AFN) President Julie Kitka announced the names of
seven
Native
Insight
Competition
winners, who will receive $10,000 each. Their ideas will be published
in Native journals and magazines across the United States, including
Alaska Newspapers, Indian Affairs, Native American Times, Native
Sun and Native Legacy Magazine.
The Native Insight Winners’, Finalists’ and Semi-Finalists’ ideas
will also be shared with members of the Obama Administration. “The
Native community has a tremendous amount of knowledge and insight
to share. We were overwhelmed by the quality and diversity of
the essays submitted, and we are looking forward to helping take
these great ideas to the public and the Administration,” said
AFN President Julie Kitka."
Denakkanaaga
and NAGPRA: Oral Traditions In Education
by Caroline Brown
An article in in Sharing Our Pathways published
in March/April 1998 by Alaska Native Knowledge Network.
Songs
and Legends: Alaska Native Oral Literature
Excerpt: "This index provides access to the collections
of oral history and music originally recorded in the early
and mid-1970s
and now available on compact discs. The points of access are compact
disc number within each set, name of the speaker, village where
the selection was recorded, and the language used by the
speaker. There
is also an electronic version of the index included with each set
of compact discs."
Listening
to Our Past
Excerpt: "The Association des francophones
du Nunavut is pleased to launch the new Listening to our Past
web site, which should be very useful to Inuit students and to
all those who are interested in the Inuit culture. The site is
available in French, in English and in Inuktitut. "
MapTEACH
Excerpt: "MapTEACH is developing a culturally responsive
geoscience education program for middle- and high-school students
in Alaska that emphasizes hands-on experience with the geosciences
and spatial technology (GPS, GIS, and remote sensing imagery)."
Children as Community Researchers
This link brings you to the UNICEF Teachers Talking website.
Under the “Take
Action” bar,
then under “Activities
for Students”, see “Children as Community Researchers”.
There are also lots of other interesting things on this site.
Sitka Area Native Place Names
Excerpt: "In 1975, TIingit Elder Charlie Joseph
Sr. began working with the newly formed Alaska Native Brotherhood
Education
Program, today known as the Sitka Native Education Program. “Isabella
Brady was the director of the Program and she got us interested
in recording place names around Sitka. We would pack up and travel
around in the Program’s van as Charlie pointed out various
locations and told us their names in Tlingit,” explains
Ethel Makinen, a fluent Tlingit speaker and the Naa Tlaa (clan
mother) of the Sitka L’uknax.ádi."
Kiana Place Names Map
This is hosted on the Alaskool website. Excerpt: "There
are many layers to discovering and understanding Native place
names and the land. The Katyaak, Inupiat Placenames in the Kiana
Area map was prepared in 1994 by NANA Regional Corporation with
funding provided by the National Park Service and NANA. There
are also recordings of some of the discussions that took place
in order to put the place names on the map. We hope to be able
to eventually attach some of the discussion to places on these
maps."
Project
Jukebox
Excerpt: "The basic framework for each Project Jukebox computer
program is the same, although each has its own personal variations
based upon who worked
on the project and their intended audiences. Each Jukebox has a variety of
materials, from interviews to transcripts, maps, photos, or a searchable
topic list. In some cases, the materials are linked and cross-referenced
to each other within each program. In others, each type of resource must
be looked at independently. Each Jukebox program includes navigation instructions
as you go along or it is self-explanatory with arrows and buttons. It is
possible to navigate within parts of Jukeboxes using the browser's back and
forward buttons, but you won't get as far. The buttons and arrows on the
Jukebox pages themselves are designed to link all pages and parts of a project
together. "
