RECENT WORK
Tied to the land
Voices from Northwest Alaska
Film series
Produced: January 2015
Tied to the Land film series, a Sustainable Futures North project through the University of Alaska Fairbanks, showcases how 10 northwest rural Alaskan villages are seeking effective ways of adapting to rapid changes in climate, weather and development. You will be immersed into the daily lives of active hunters, fishers and gatherers in their homes and while out in the northwestern arctic by land, sea and air.
Tied to the Land film series, a Sustainable Futures North project through the University of Alaska Fairbanks, showcases how 10 northwest rural Alaskan villages are seeking effective ways of adapting to rapid changes in climate, weather and development. You will be immersed into the daily lives of active hunters, fishers and gatherers in their homes and while out in the northwestern arctic by land, sea and air.
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For more information on the Sustainable Futures North project through the
University of Alaska Fairbanks go to:
University of Alaska Fairbanks go to:
The Art of Bentwood hats
Produced: July 2014
For one week in March of 2012, the Smithsonian Institution’s Arctic Studies Center at the Anchorage Museum brought together two master artists and two apprentices to make Aleutian Islands bentwood hats while also sharing their traditional knowledge with school children, visitors, and museum staff.
Video recordings were made and edited into six film segments including an introduction, how-to steps, and interviews with each artist and apprentice.
For one week in March of 2012, the Smithsonian Institution’s Arctic Studies Center at the Anchorage Museum brought together two master artists and two apprentices to make Aleutian Islands bentwood hats while also sharing their traditional knowledge with school children, visitors, and museum staff.
Video recordings were made and edited into six film segments including an introduction, how-to steps, and interviews with each artist and apprentice.
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A limited number of DVD/CD copies are available upon request.
Please contact Dawn Biddison at biddisond@si.edu.
A teachers guide and lesson plans are in progress.
Please contact Dawn Biddison at biddisond@si.edu.
A teachers guide and lesson plans are in progress.
For more Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center videos go to:
For more information about the Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center at the Anchorage museum go to:
Effects of weather and climate
on subsistence Communities
Produced: January 2014
The activities of subsistence hunters, fishers and gathers are dramatically effected every day by weather and changing climate conditions. Having accurate information to gauge ice thickness, wind, temperature can make the difference between success and failure, safety and danger. Effects of Weather and Climate on Subsistence Communities takes us to seven Northwestern Alaska Native communities (Kotzebue, Kivalina, Point Hope, Noatak, Ambler, Buckland and Deering) to find out how people there deal with and adapt to ever changing and less predictable environmental conditions.
The activities of subsistence hunters, fishers and gathers are dramatically effected every day by weather and changing climate conditions. Having accurate information to gauge ice thickness, wind, temperature can make the difference between success and failure, safety and danger. Effects of Weather and Climate on Subsistence Communities takes us to seven Northwestern Alaska Native communities (Kotzebue, Kivalina, Point Hope, Noatak, Ambler, Buckland and Deering) to find out how people there deal with and adapt to ever changing and less predictable environmental conditions.
Effects of Weather and Climate
on subsistence communities
Inuktitut language version
Produced: December 2014
Tradition in Tune
Produced: March 2013
When gold was discovered in Alaska over a hundred years ago, miners, trappers, and traders who came to seek their fortunes brought their fiddles and an old country music tradition with them. The Athabascan people they interacted with heard the music, picked it up and claimed it for their own. For the past thirty years Native Fiddlers have gathered in Fairbanks Alaska to trade tunes, hear each others' unique styles and perform for a grateful audience.
Tradition in Tune takes viewers to the thirtieth anniversary Athabascan Fiddle Festival, a four-day, non-stop expression of Native unity, culture and values.
When gold was discovered in Alaska over a hundred years ago, miners, trappers, and traders who came to seek their fortunes brought their fiddles and an old country music tradition with them. The Athabascan people they interacted with heard the music, picked it up and claimed it for their own. For the past thirty years Native Fiddlers have gathered in Fairbanks Alaska to trade tunes, hear each others' unique styles and perform for a grateful audience.
Tradition in Tune takes viewers to the thirtieth anniversary Athabascan Fiddle Festival, a four-day, non-stop expression of Native unity, culture and values.
Click link to find the Athabascan Fiddle Association on Facebook
Iñupiaq Language and culture
Produced: May 2013
These six Iñupiaq Language and Culture films, edited for the Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center, are designed to help teach Iñupiaq language and culture through discussions with Elders over traditional objects that are on loan from the Smithsonian in DC and currently housed in the Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center area of the Anchorage museum. You will hear several Iñupiaq dialects spoken between eight Elders during a workshop in January of 2012.
These six Iñupiaq Language and Culture films, edited for the Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center, are designed to help teach Iñupiaq language and culture through discussions with Elders over traditional objects that are on loan from the Smithsonian in DC and currently housed in the Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center area of the Anchorage museum. You will hear several Iñupiaq dialects spoken between eight Elders during a workshop in January of 2012.
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Click link for the Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center website
