Alaska Native and American Indian Heritage Month - November 2009
Each November the nation celebrates Alaska Native/American Indian Heritage Month. For the past seven years, Anchorage has joined the rest of the nation through a variety of community and school activities. Alaska Native/American Indian Heritage Month is honored throughout our city. For more information visit the organization's Web site at www.alaskanativeheritagemonth.com.
The individuals and groups gathered for this book are eager to make presentations,
answer questions, and share his/her Native culture in the classroom. All presentations
from the individuals and groups listed in this book are FREE during the month of
November. We encourage each school to celebrate and honor Alaska Native American
Indian Heritage Month, which is honored throughout our city.
Scheduling
ASD teachers - To
schedule one of these guests, teachers should fill
out a Community Resources Request Form and mail or
fax (742-4137) it to Marva Stevens in the Community
Resources Office at the ASD Education Center.
Teachers can access this form through the
forms & publications library on the district's
internal Web site at http://home.asdk12.org. (Please
note: This site is only available to employees from
computers connected to the district's network.)
Schools and organizations outside of ASD - Use the request form is located at the back of the booklet; it should be completed and submitted as directed.
Sponsors
There are many community members and organizations that have worked collaboratively
to see this project to attrition. Each shares in the responsibility to meet and exceed in the
academic, social, and cultural needs of our students. Please take some time to thank the
efforts of The CIRI Foundation, The Alaska State Council on the Arts, Rim First People, Tech Comnico, Alyeska Pipeline Company and the Anchorage School District, in addition to the speakers.
ASD-TV cable channel 14
In November students and staff will enjoy many opportunities to
learn about Alaska Native and American Indian culture and history. Cable channel
14 will also be broadcasting a variety of programming related to
this heritage month. Below are highlights of programs being shown throughout November.
Programming
Alaska-Aleut Evacuation
Story of the Aleut interment during WW II
Alaska Native Heritage Center High School Program Recruitment Video
Camai Dance Festival First Dance 2000
Exploring Alaska - Ggugguyni
The Native Youth Olympics
Kayaks
Kuwoot yas.Ein
His Spirit is Looking Out From the Cave
Long Journey Home
Keepers of the Treasures of Alaska
More Than Bows and Arrows
American Indian cultures
NANA - Two Worlds, One Spirit
Nourished by Our Food-Sustained by Our Traditions
Our Alutiiq Journey
On the Wings of Tomorrow
Rain Country
Kids re-enact the events surrounding passage of laws supporting Native Rights
Shadow Walkers
Alaska Native cultural compilation
Siulipta Paitaat - Our Ancestor's Heritage & Journey of Discovery - History of the Bering Land Bridge
Tales of the Tundra - Alaska Native stories
Talking and Listening the Alaska Way
The Box of Daylight
The Drum
The Journey
The Land is Ours
The People of Ukpiagvik
Voices of Our Ancestors - Celebration 2000
We of the River
When My Spirit Raised Its Hands - Life and times of Elizabeth Peratrovich
Yukon Circles
One People - One River - Yukon River Inter -Tribal Watershed Council
Uncle Sam's Men - The Story of the Territorial Guard
Reading Lists
Log onto WebCat, the district's library
catalog to get reading lists on the topics below. Click
here to log in, then type ASD in the user ID
box and click login. Once you are logged in, look
for the "Have you Read?" button at the top of the
page. Categories include:
Alaska History, Geography and Culture for
Young Adults
Alaska Native Literature
Alaskan Authors
Many Peoples, One Land
Native American Indians - Fiction
Native American Indians - Oral Traditions
Native American Indians - Poetry
Native American Literature
Other online resources
This list was developed to provide a starting place
for learning more about American Indians and Alaska
Natives. It is in no way intended to be an exhaustive
list and
the
contents
of these Web sites are not specifically endorsed by
the Anchorage School District.
