Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Alaska channel
Since 1994, the Smithsonian Institution’s Arctic Studies Center has been working in Alaska from its office at the Anchorage Museum. Its long-term exhibition Living Our Cultures, Sharing Our Heritage: The First Peoples of Alaska presents Indigenous voices, perspectives and knowledge through over 600 masterworks of Alaska Native art and design from the Smithsonian collections. The exhibition is an ongoing resource for collaborative, community-based research and education, including artist residencies and language seminars with Alaska Native Elders, culture-bearers and artists. The videos on this channel are from these programs and provide instructional and general information about Alaska Native languages, arts and lifeways. For additional educational resources – including free teaching units -- please visit our Learning Lab site Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center in Alaska. For more information and free DVD copies, please contact Dawn Biddison at [email protected].
Making Connections: Athabascan Lifeways and You (an introduction)
Haida whistle (E89062)
Haida whistle E89139
Haida whistle E89069
Haida whistle (E089065)
Haida whistle E89092
(15) Hand-Tanning Salmon Skin & Adding Dye (Natural Dyes project)
(14) Dye Bath Recipes & Dyeing with Other Plants (Natural Dyes project)
(13) Dye Bath Recipe & Dyeing with Cottonwood Catkins (Natural Dyes project)
(12) Dye Bath Recipes & Dyeing with Leaves (Natural Dyes project)
(11) Dyeing with Tree Bark (Natural Dyes project)
(10) Dye Bath Recipes with Tree Bark ( Natural Dyes project)
(9) Dyeing with Berries (Natural Dyes project)
(8) Dye Bath Recipes with Berries (Natural Dyes project)
(7) Harvesting from Other Plants (Natural Dyes project)
(6) Harvesting from Trees (Natural Dyes project)
(5) Harvesting Berries (Natural Dyes project)
(4) About Harvesting (Natural Dyes project)
(3) Meet Apprentice Destinee VonScheele (Natural Dyes project)
(2) Meet Instructor June Simeonoff Pardue (Natural Dyes project)
(1) Introduction (Natural Dyes project)
Comic Art Workbook Introduction: Chickaloonies’ Sequential Storytelling Strategy Guide
Intergenerational Learning and Creativity through Indigenous Comic Art: Chickaloonies (webinar)
Conversations: Challenges to Inuit Art Sovereignty
Conversations: Activating Inuit Art Sovereignty
Conversations: Music within Inuit Cultures and Languages