Join us for a kid-friendly activity, making a bird ornament for the holidays and learning about the Denaakk’e language and culture with Susan Paskvan, Native Language Coordinator, at Yukon-Koyukuk School… Read More
Archives for December 2020
Traditional Moose Hide Tanning: Conversation with Tom Huntington
Join Denakkanaaga elders for a live-streamed conversation with Tom Huntington about traditional Interior Alaska methods of moose hide tanning. This is a live-streamed online program. Get more information and view… Read More
Morris Thompson Center launches the “Language Nook” with Alaska Native language resources
At the new “Language Nook” in the Morris Thompson Center, visitors can begin to discover the past, present, and future of Interior Alaska’s many and diverse Native languages. One can… Read More
Winter Storytelling and Handmade Baby Booties with Denakkanaaga Elders
Join us for two cozy evenings together online as Denakkanaaga First Chief Anna Frank, Elizabeth Fleagle, and Sam Demientieff share stories from winter seasons past. Anna and an assistant will… Read More
Howard Luke’s Rifle
Early in 2020 Richard and Babes Coleman and I sat drinking coffee in my office as they told me about their years of friendship with esteemed local Alaska Native elder… Read More