Trade and Change Heritage Kit

Trade and Change Heritage Kit
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Digital Heritage
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Chugachmiut Heritage PreservationCategory
Book/PublicationSummary
In this book, Yup'ik Elders describe and explain tools and their daily use, including the traditional science that developed these technologies and the overlap between Yup'ik material culture and cosmology and traditional spiritual values. 
Digital Heritage
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Chugachmiut Heritage PreservationCategory
Book/PublicationSummary
This historical work provides an account of the historical arc of the Alutiiq people of the Alaska Peninsula, spanning some 9,000 years. The book concentrates on the past 200 years between Russian occupation and the start of the war with Japan.
Digital Heritage
Community
Chugachmiut Heritage PreservationCategory
Book/PublicationSummary
Provides an overview of the traditions and customs of various Alaska Native groups.
Digital Heritage
Community
Chugachmiut Heritage Preservation, NanwalekCategory
Book/PublicationSummary
Alaska Native master boat builders, apprentices, and volunteers build eight traditional watercraft, capturing and sharing the knowledge of their ancestors and sharing the spirit of their people.
Digital Heritage
Community
Chugachmiut Heritage PreservationCategory
Book/PublicationSummary
Provides an overview of the traditions and customs of various Alaska Native groups beforee diving into greater detail on traditional clothing footwear in different regions of Alaska.
Digital Heritage
Community
Chugachmiut Heritage PreservationCategory
Book/PublicationSummary
An anthropological overview of the cultures of Siberia and Alaska. The book explores the cultures of Alaska by region as well as by themes such as art, trade, maritime economics, and more.
Digital Heritage
Community
Chugachmiut Heritage PreservationCategory
Book/PublicationSummary
A collection of legends, stories, and photographs from the Chugach Region. 
Digital Heritage
Community
Chugachmiut Heritage PreservationCategory
DocumentSummary
A contextualized review of artifacts relating to traditional hunting practices with a focus on the traditional technology that enabled hunters to harvest seals.
Digital Heritage
Community
Chugachmiut Heritage PreservationCategory
Book/PublicationSummary
This book explores the history, heritage, and traditional life of Alutiiq communities, predominantly from Kodiak Island and the Alaska Peninsula. 
Digital Heritage
Community
Chugachmiut Heritage PreservationCategory
Book/PublicationSummary
Written by Thomas R. Berger who was invited by the Inuit Circumpolar Conference to head the Alaska Native Review Commission, this report suggests changes in the law and public attitudes to benefit Native communities following the ANCSA settlement.
Digital Heritage
Community
Chugachmiut Heritage PreservationCategory
Book/PublicationSummary
This book compiles an assortment of papers on three main topics: Exploration and Captain Cook, Other Explorers (particularly Russian), and Exploration and the Alaskan Native. 
Digital Heritage
Community
Chugachmiut Heritage PreservationCategory
Book/PublicationSummary
This publication reviews examples of Alaska Native art origination from various cultures in the region and explores how each item contains both functional and aesthetic value and significance.
Digital Heritage
Community
Chugachmiut Heritage Preservation, Paluwik, NanwalekCategory
Video RecordingSummary
Pratt Museum staff traveled to Nanwalek, Port Graham and Seldovia to interview Elders that had visited their ancestral archaelogical site, as well as other who might share memories of a time when their ancestors traveled and lived along the gulf coast.Digital Heritage
Community
Chugachmiut Heritage PreservationCategory
Three-Dimensional Artifact/ObjectSummary
According to the Alutiiq Museum and Archeological Repository, peg calendars came into use when Sugpiaq people began following the Russian Orthodox tradition and needed to keep track of holidays and church calendar days.