Fragile Treasures Link Generation to Generation: National Historic Landmarks in Northwestern Alaska (2002)
Produced by the National Park Service, Alaska Office.
This traveling exhibit, produced for an Inupiat audience, toured northern Alaskan communities to raise awareness about archaeological heritage and archaeological preservation.
Research for this exhibit involved collaborative oral history documentation with Inupiat elders who had worked on these important archaeological sites, now designated as National Historic Landmarks, and who had played a significant role in groundbreaking archaeological expeditions that have helped inform the body of knowledge about the peopling of the new world.
To appeal the the Inupiat audience, and to acknowledge Inupiat connections to the archaelogical heritage of these Landmarks, Inupiat place names were identified and used with the English place names in parentheses.
Funded through the National Council for Preservation Education and the National Park Service.
Role: Exhibit Researcher, Ethnographer and Co-Curator (as an intern with Becky Saleeby and Jonas Raymoth of the NPS )
more info: Cultural Ties Article
Exhibit panel images courtesy National Park Service, Alaska Office
