2012 Alaska Native and Native American Heritage Month

UAA Alaska Native/American Indian Celebration
Wednesday, Nov. 7, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
Student Union, Cafeteria

Native dress review, Kingikmiut dancers and taste traditional native foods: fry bread, salmon, squash and beans, berries and cream and Russian tea. ASL provided.

Miracle Drummers and Dancers
Thursday, Nov. 8, 4-5:30 p.m.
Mat-Su College, Cafeteria

Miracle Drummers and Dancers perform in celebration of Alaska Native and Native American Heritage Month.

Alaska Native Playwrights Project with Jack Dalton
Thursday, Nov. 8, 5-7 p.m.
UAA Campus Bookstore

This event is a panel discussion with project founder Ed Bourgeois, mentor and teacher Jack Dalton, and playwrights Robin Lovelace, LM Heitman-Bruce and Lucas Rowley.

Loren Anderson workshop: "Cultural Understanding"
Friday, Nov. 9, 1-4 p.m.
Rasmuson Hall, Room 101

Pilot Bread Connections
Saturday, Nov. 10, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
Gorsuch Commons

Join elders from the community in this intergenerational connection.

Research updates from Rachel Mason and Diane Hanson
Tuesday, Nov. 13, 5-7 p.m.
UAA Campus Bookstore

Diane Hanson, Ph.D., professor in UAA's Department of Anthropology, presents updates on the archeological developments on Adak Island and Rachel Mason, Ph.D., from the National Park Service, updates on "Lost Villages of the Aleutians Project."

"Seal, Thimble & Sinew Thread: Sewing Art of the Siberian Yupiks from Savoonga, Alaska"
Wednesday, Nov. 14, 5-7 p.m.
UAA Campus Bookstore

Herminia Din, Ph.D., faculty in UAA's Department of Art, discusses her book, "Seal, Thimble & Sinew Thread: Sewing Art of the Siberian Yupiks from Savoonga, Alaska" with Ruthelle and Elaine Kingeekuk.

Learn to sew a baby kuspuk
Thursday, Nov. 15, 5-9 p.m.
Gorsuch Commons, Cama-i Room

Allison Warden, Inupiaq performance artist
Friday, Nov. 16, Noon-1 p.m.
Student Union, Den

Alaska Native Undergraduate Research Symposium
Friday, Nov. 30, and Saturday, Dec. 1, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. both days
Rasmuson Hall, Room 117

UAA undergraduate students will present research, papers and other presentations on various topics in Alaska Native Studies.