Events
November is Alaska Native/Native American Heritage Month! Celebrate and learn about the various Indigenous cultures of Alaska by engaging in activities inspired by traditional teachings. There are deeper meanings to each event listed below, please make time to participate and engage in the learning process. All events are open to the UAA community and the public.
Fry Bread Making & Election Watching
Tuesday, November 8
5:30-7:30pm
Cama-i Room
Many Indigenous cultures have their own version of fry bread. We’ll provide the dough,
you provide the hands! Create your own piece of fry bread for your enjoyment. And
cheer on your favorite election candidates in the warmth of the Cama-i Room. For more
info call Karla at 751-7452 or email khbooth@alaska.edu.
Aleut Berring Sea Mini Headdress Making
Wednesday, November 9
6:30-9pm
Cama-i Room
Cama-i Room Peer Mentor, Marieana will share how to make a mini headdress from her
region of Alaska. All supplies will be provided. For more info call 751-7452 or email
khbooth@alaska.edu.
Baby Kuspuk Sewing
Thursday, November 10
5-7:30pm
Cama-i Room
The hood will keep the mosquitos out and the pocket will hold your treasures. Create
a newborn or 2T kuspuk from provided fabric. For more info call Karla at 751-7452
or email khbooth@alaska.edu.
Five Years of Hell: Prelude to ANCSA (Alaska Native Claims & Settlement Act)
Friday, November 11
6-9pm
Rasmuson Hall Room 101
Speakers include Willie Iggiagruk Hensley, Emil Notti, Willy Templeton, and a UAA
Student Panel. For more info call Jeane Breinig at 786-4358 or email jmbreinig@alaska.edu.
Alaska Native Games
Fridays, November 11 & 18, 9-11pm
Saturday, November 12, 1-4pm
Gorsuch Commons Room 107
They mimic gathering fish from a fish wheel, jumping from ice pack to ice pack, and
the movement of seals. They are a form of communication to signal if they caught a
whale, or if they caught nothing. Come try various Alaska Native Games with UAA students!
For more info call 751-7452 or email khbooth@alaska.edu.
Standing Rock & Other Protests Discussion
Sundays, November 13 & 20
6-8pm
Cama-i Room
Chat with Cama-i Room Peer Mentor, Anna, about the protest taking place in Standing
Rock and learn about other indigenous protests that have occurred in history. For
more info call 751-7452 or email khbooth@alaska.edu.
Nasqerrun Sewing with Miss Cama-i
Monday & Tuesday, November 14 & 15
6-8pm
Cama-i Room
Visit and sew a Yupik style headdress with UAA student, Piiyuuk, who is the current
Miss Cama-i. Everyone is welcome to participate, all supplies will be provided. For
more info call 751-7452 or email khbooth@alaska.edu.
Alaska Native Studies Undergraduate Research Symposium
Friday, November 18
1-3pm
RH 101
Submit requests to present to marieaw@alaska.edu before Thursday, November 10, 2016.
For more info call the AKNS Department at 786-6135.
3rd Annual Giving Thanks Dance Festival: Alaska Native Dance & Potluck
Friday, November 18
5:30-9pm
UAA Cuddy Hall
5:30 Opening Potluck
6:00 Yurapik
6:30 Tlingit & Haida Dancers of Anchorage
7:00 Anchorage Unangax Dancers
7:30 Anchorage Northern Lights Dancers
8:00 Yukon Knik Athabaskan Fiddlers
For more info call Aaron at 947-1987.
Seals and Alaska Native Life
Saturday, November 19
1-3pm
UAA Campus Bookstore
Esther Koezuna (Inupiat artist and skin sewer from King Island), Shaaxsaani (a Tlingit
artist using traditional materials in contemporary ways), Ilarion Merculieff (author
of Wisdom Keeper: One Man's Journey to Honor the Untold History of the Unangan) and
Aron Crowell (The Arctic Studies Center's Yakutat Seal Camp Project) discuss their
work and relationship with seals.
Fry Bread Making
Monday, November 21
Tuesday, December 6
5:30-7:30pm
Cama-i Room
Enjoy a piece of fry bread while visiting with a local Elder. All are welcome to visit!
For more info call 751-7452 or email khbooth@alaska.edu.
Keep those feet warm!: Baby Bootie Sewing
Tuesday, November 22
Monday, December 5
5-7:30pm
Cama-i Room
We’ll sew canvas baby booties using a pattern that comes from Koyukon Elder, Madaline
Williams of Hughes, Alaska. Sign up to participate by calling Karla at 751-7452.
Weekly Dance Group Practices at UAA
Tuesdays
Anchorage Northern Lights Dancers
6-8pm
Gorsuch Commons
Wednesdays
Kwiqpagmiut Dancers
6-8pm
Gorsuch Commons
Fridays
Yurapiq
7-9pm
Gorsuch Commons
