Here we invite you to learn more about the variety of Alaska Native women’s lives across time – maintaining traditional subsistence practices, experiencing cultural change, and surviving hardships, as well as sharing their success and knowledge, and the inspiring culture bearers and leaders.
Learn More
- “It’s about People”, Alaska Native Heritage Center at:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Diehl6skGfk
- Alaska Native Knowledge Network at: http://www.ankn.uaf.edu/
- Historical Narratives of the Upper Ahtna People, “At the center of this story are two women: Sarah (whose Ahtna name was Nelggodi), the wife of Charley Sanford, and her eldest daughter Daisy (whose Ahtna name was Kendesnii). Under difficult circumstances these women raised large families, and their closest surviving relatives are the primary source of information for this report.”https://www.nps.gov/wrst/learn/historyculture/historical-narratives-of-the-upper-ahtna-people.htm
- Lost Villages of the Eastern Aleutians by Ray Hudson and Rachel Mason at:https://www.nps.gov/aleu/upload/LVEA_Low-Res_PDF.pdf
- Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve: https://www.nps.gov/glba/learn/historyculture/early-peoples.htm
- Traditional Ecological Knowledge Alaska at: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/tek/alaska.htm
- Frontiers 156: New Life for Alaska Native Languages, KTVA News at:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRd6ICr4ehY
Last updated: August 11, 2020