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Alaskan Culture

Photo Book: 2018 Indigenous Peoples Day

October 16, 2018

Native dancer

The second annual Indigenous Peoples Day, celebrated Monday, October 8 on APU’s campus, was both a time of celebration and action. During the two and a half hour event, various performers and speakers took the stage. Among them were Governor Bill Walker, Anchorage mayor Ethan Berkowitz and state health commissioner Valerie Nurr’araaluk Davidson. Enjoy our…

Filed Under: Active Learning, Alaskan Culture

APU To Hold Alaska Native Feast Tray Carving Class

August 17, 2018

Man carving wood tray

APU’s Elder Artists-in-Residence, Joe and Martha Senungetuk, will be holding a workshop focusing on Alaska Native feast trays in August and September. The course is a sequel to their mask making class from the previous May-term. Students will learn wood carving techniques as they design and shape their very own feast trays. Also, the class…

Filed Under: Active Learning, Alaskan Culture, Community Tagged With: Alaska, website design

Environmental Ethics in Alaska

July 13, 2018

Smiling bearded man in flat cap and glasses - frost-covered trees and pond in background.

“Environmental ethics” may sound like a chance to eat chia seeds while wearing Birkenstocks, talking about your favorite tree (there certainly is a bit of hippy tree hugger in the soul of any environmental ethicists), but it is, in fact, an academic field of study that investigates the normative dimensions of environmental problems and problem-solving….

Filed Under: Active Learning, Alaskan Culture, Environmental Science, MS Environmental Science, Newsletter Tagged With: Alaska, Environmental, Ethics

Block Course Teaches Kayak Design, Cultural Understanding

February 2, 2018

Kayak builders posing during building process

​Photos courtesy of Matt Allen Traditionally, kayak building was a rite of passage for young Alaska Native boys, a process that would mark the transition from boyhood to manhood. For a handful of Alaska Pacific University students, it’s also been the focus of a one-of-a-kind block course. Over the course of three weeks, Andrew Abyo…

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