January 27th 2022

A film launch hosted by Andrew Revkin
A film launch and discussion of a pioneering Arctic climate study meshing Indigenous and western expertise and perspective.
February 28th, 2022
             EurekAlert
April 25th, 2016:
"A new series of films produced by ethnographic filmmaker Sarah Betcher explores traditional Alaskan indigenous uses of wild plants for food, medicine and construction materials..."
          Juneau Empire
April 3, 2016:
"Since Watkins’ death in February, Betcher has finished turning the footage into a 22-minute short instructional film... Lisa Phu

University of Alaska Fairbanks
Museum of the North

October 2015:

"Congratulations to filmmaker Sarah Betcher and Herbarium curator Steffi Ickert Bond. The Division of Polar Programs - National Science Foundation recently awarded them a $24,013 grant to create video recordings of Inupiat elders sharing botanical knowledge to preserve indigenous traditions and educate Native youth about their ethnobotanical heritage." facebook post
"...Betcher, who received her MA in cross-cultural studies from UAF, and Ickert-Bond said the project, RAPID: Ethnobotany of Northwest Alaska: Preserving Traditional Knowledge and Engaging Alaska Native Students in STEM, will produce an educational tool in a medium that can more effectively engage Alaska Native youths from a broad range of backgrounds and ages in the learning process."

"... The goal is to preserve indigenous traditions and educate Native youths about their ethnobotanical heritage. Filmmaker Sarah Betcher, who received her master’s degree in cross-cultural studies from UAF, and Steffi Ickert-Bond, the museum’s herbarium curator, expect the videos to more effectively engage Alaska Native youths."
May 2014
                    
"PRESERVING PLACE-BASED KNOWLEDGE  – Earlier this Spring, a film by the museum’s research associate Sarah Betcher was broadcast on Alaska’s public television channel, 360 North. Tradition in Tune takes viewers to the 30th anniversary of the Athabascan Fiddle Festival..."

University of Alaska Fairbanks
Sustainable Futures North