Uploaded December 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
This video is a part of our Alaska Native Art series, produced in partnership with the Alaska Native Heritage Center. For more, go to famsf.org/stories/close-look/alaska-native-art
Watch the full playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5eMm5mgGrVDg_GUEi7NipzNB9x05Xrth
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Project team
Partners
Alaska Native Heritage Center
Advisors
Lauren Ayagakuchax̂ Peters (Unangax̂), PhD scholar, University of California, Davis
Stephen Qacung Blanchett (Yup’ik), cultural heritage manager, Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska
Collaborators
Paul Asicksik (Iñupiaq), community engagement manager, Alaska Native Heritage Center
Tara Bourdukofsky (Unangax̂), director of cultural and education services, Alaska Native Heritage Center
Yaari Walker (Saint Lawrence Island Yupik), community engagement manager, Alaska Native Heritage Center
FAMSF team
Hillary C. Olcott, associate curator, arts of the Americas
Emily Jennings, director of school and family programs
Magnolia Molcan, web managing editor
Patricia Buffa, director of digital strategy
Sheila Pressley, director of education
Christina Hellmich, curator in charge, arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Khamisi Norwood, digital media producer
Megan Bates, digital media producer
Film interviewees
Alvin Amason (Sugpiaq Alutiiq)
Stephen Qacung Blanchett (Yup’ik)
Louise Brady (Tlingit)
Perry Eaton (Sugpiaq Alutiiq)
Emily Edenshaw (Yup’ik / Iñupiaq)
Nicholas Galanin (Tlingit / Unangax̂)
Lily Hope (Tlingit)
Aaron Leggett (Dena’ina Athabascan)
Marie Arnaq Meade (Yup’ik)
Margaret Nakak (Iñupiaq / Yup’ik)
Abel Ryan (Tsimshian)
Haliehana Alaĝum Ayagaa Stepetin (Unangax̂)
Christopher Sumdum Jr. (Tlingit)
Yaari Walker (Saint Lawrence Island Yupik)
Andrew Weaver (Yup’ik)
Special thanks
Michele Trefon
Emily Edenshaw
Jaimeann Bell
Presley West
Alaska Native Heritage Center Native Games Team
Herring Rock Water Protectors
Katelyn Stiles
Jennifer Younger
Thomas Gamble
Courtney Fallow
Renee Villasenor
Randy Dodson
Robert Carswell
This video is a part of our Alaska Native Art series, produced in partnership with the Alaska Native Heritage Center. For more, go to famsf.org/stories/close-look/alaska-native-art
Watch the full playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5eMm5mgGrVDg_GUEi7NipzNB9x05Xrth
______________________________
Project team
Partners
Alaska Native Heritage Center
Advisors
Lauren Ayagakuchax̂ Peters (Unangax̂), PhD scholar, University of California, Davis
Stephen Qacung Blanchett (Yup’ik), cultural heritage manager, Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska
Collaborators
Paul Asicksik (Iñupiaq), community engagement manager, Alaska Native Heritage Center
Tara Bourdukofsky (Unangax̂), director of cultural and education services, Alaska Native Heritage Center
Yaari Walker (Saint Lawrence Island Yupik), community engagement manager, Alaska Native Heritage Center
FAMSF team
Hillary C. Olcott, associate curator, arts of the Americas
Emily Jennings, director of school and family programs
Magnolia Molcan, web managing editor
Patricia Buffa, director of digital strategy
Sheila Pressley, director of education
Christina Hellmich, curator in charge, arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Khamisi Norwood, digital media producer
Megan Bates, digital media producer
Film interviewees
Alvin Amason (Sugpiaq Alutiiq)
Stephen Qacung Blanchett (Yup’ik)
Louise Brady (Tlingit)
Perry Eaton (Sugpiaq Alutiiq)
Emily Edenshaw (Yup’ik / Iñupiaq)
Nicholas Galanin (Tlingit / Unangax̂)
Lily Hope (Tlingit)
Aaron Leggett (Dena’ina Athabascan)
Marie Arnaq Meade (Yup’ik)
Margaret Nakak (Iñupiaq / Yup’ik)
Abel Ryan (Tsimshian)
Haliehana Alaĝum Ayagaa Stepetin (Unangax̂)
Christopher Sumdum Jr. (Tlingit)
Yaari Walker (Saint Lawrence Island Yupik)
Andrew Weaver (Yup’ik)
Special thanks
Michele Trefon
Emily Edenshaw
Jaimeann Bell
Presley West
Alaska Native Heritage Center Native Games Team
Herring Rock Water Protectors
Katelyn Stiles
Jennifer Younger
Thomas Gamble
Courtney Fallow
Renee Villasenor
Randy Dodson
Robert Carswell
