College of Indigenous Studies

Festival of Native Arts to take place virtually March 25-26

March 22, 2022

The 49th annual Festival of Native Arts will be held Friday and Saturday, March 25-26, 2022. This year’s theme is “Culture, Land and Future.” All events are virtual and will be hosted via Zoom and Facebook live.
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Kuskokwim Campus director candidate presentations

December 13, 2021

The College of Rural and Community Development invites the public to presentations by finalists for the Kuskokwim Campus director position Dec. 13 and 14.
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Charlene Stern named rural, community, Native education VC

December 07, 2021

-- by Chancellor Dan White. I am pleased to announce that I have appointed Dr. Charlene Stern to serve as UAF's vice chancellor for rural, community and Native education effective Jan. 2, 2022.
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December's rural staff spotlight: Jami Swazer

December 03, 2021

Jami Swazer is the academic and financial aid and youth transition coordinator for the Bristol Bay Campus and Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association.
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Science and Culture Camp in Bethel

November 24, 2021

A two-week intensive camp exposed students to a range of classes, including subsistence management of salmon resources, moose biology, ethnobotany, and Yup'ik epistemology and ontologies.
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Panel on centering Indigeneity in the classroom

November 19, 2021

Join the Interior Alaska Campus Friday, Nov. 19, at noon for "Centering Indigeneity in the Classroom: Nothing About Us Without Us."
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Panel on Alaska Native creativity and well-being

November 12, 2021

Join the Interior Alaska Campus and the content creation program on Friday, Nov. 12, from noon-1 p.m. for a panel on Alaska Native creativity and well-being hosted by Assistant Professor Jessica Black.
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Friday Focus: Native American Heritage Month

November 12, 2021

-- by Charlene Stern. Current generations of Alaska Native peoples are the product of all those who came before us and the experiences that shaped our collective history.
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Native American Heritage Month student Laura Deloodeneenła Ekada

November 05, 2021

Laura Deloodeneenła Ekada (she/her) is a senior at UAF studying biology with a concentration in biomedical sciences and a goal of becoming a physician serving rural villages.
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Bristol Bay Culture Camp

November 01, 2021

Fourteen students took part in the 2021 Bristol Bay Native Corp. Culture Camp, a seven-day immersive learning experience through Indigenous Alaska Native cultural activities and ways of knowing.
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Interior Alaska Campus director candidate presentations

November 01, 2021

Julie Biddle and Kristy Malamute, finalists for IAC campus director, will each give a presentation and participate in a Q&A session on Monday, Nov. 1.
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UAF representatives on UArctic Assembly

October 27, 2021

Laura Conner and Jessica Black will represent UAF on the UArctic Assembly. UArctic is a network of 230 intuitions that are invested in research and education in or about Northern regions.
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Friday Focus: Rural campuses and distance education

August 12, 2021

One aspect that makes UAF such a unique and great place is our rural campuses. Our reach is significant and so is our impact.
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