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This project, completed in 2009, gives a brief history of the Alaska Highway and it's effect on the people who live near the US/Canada border. Stacey Carkhuff, a Northern Studies graduate student, studied the impact of the Alaska Highway on Alaska and the Yukon since the 1940s by interviewing both Native and non-Native men and women from both sides of the border for her thesis. The interviews provide a snapshot of changes that the highway has brought to this otherwise remote part of North America, straddling the Alaska-Canada border.
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This program offers insight into the effort to provide mental health services in Alaska. There is discussion about how the mentally ill were treated prior to Statehood when they were sent to Morningside Hospital in Portland, Oregon; how in 1956 Alaska was given one million acres to manage in trust to fund mental health services; a 1982 lawsuit for mismanagement; the lengthy legal, political, and legislative effort to settle this case; and creation of the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority. Contains oral history interviews and key documents. Funded by the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority.
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(Alaska Rural Systemic Initiative) PLEASE NOTE: This is a password protected site, you will have to register with the Alaska Native Knowledge Network first, then you will receive an email with the password and a link to the atlases. (You can click here to find the link to the Aleut/Alutiiq Cultural Atlases located at the bottom of the ANKN's Oral Tradition page.)
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Members of the Central community chose to present their home and experiences to others through the creation of this program. The recordings used for this project from many available resources archived at the University of Alaska and the Circle District Historical Society and were recorded between 1983 and 1995. This jukebox was created between 1997-1998 with a few updates during 2004.
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These are interviews with Caleb Pungowiyi, Kenneth Frank, Orville Huntington, Matthew Sturm, Martha Stackhouse and Sam Demientieff about environmental changes in Alaska that they have observed. Sponsored by The Global Change Education Using Western Science and Native Observations Project.
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This project includes interviews with community health aides, doctors, nurses, medical trainers, and communications technicians who have been involved with Alaska's Community Health Aide Program which was established in 1968 to provide rural health care by training local people as medical providers.
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The Alaska Communities of Memory Project was a statewide effort from 1994-1996 funded by the Alaska Humanities Forum to provide an opportunity for people in communities around Alaska to share memories of their community and to reflect on what made their community special. This Jukebox highlights some of the storytelling from Bethel, Alaska in January, 1996. It offers simultaneous access to video and transcriptions and has links to historic pictures from the Bethel area.
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The Alaska Communities of Memory Project was a statewide effort from 1994-1996 funded by the Alaska Humanities Forum to provide an opportunity for people in communities around Alaska to share memories of their community and to reflect on what made their community special. This Jukebox highlights some of the storytelling from Nome, Alaska in February 1996. It offers a new approach to oral history by offering simultaneous access to video, transcriptions and photographs linked through a table of contents.
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The Alaska Communities of Memory Project was a statewide effort from 1994-1996 funded by the Alaska Humanities Forum to provide an opportunity for people in communities around Alaska to share memories of their community and to reflect on what made their community special. This Jukebox highlights some of the storytelling from Nome, Alaska in February 1996. It offers a new approach to oral history by offering simultaneous access to video, transcriptions and photographs linked through a table of contents.
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The Alaska Communities of Memory Project was a statewide effort from 1994-1996 funded by the Alaska Humanities Forum to provide an opportunity for people in communities around Alaska to share memories of their community and to reflect on what made their community special. This Jukebox highlights some of the storytelling from Unalaska, Alaska in April 1996. It offers simultaneous access to video, transcriptions and photographs linked through a table of contents.
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The Alaska Communities of Memory Project was a statewide effort from 1994-1996 funded by the Alaska Humanities Forum to provide an opportunity for people in communities around Alaska to share memories of their community and to reflect on what made their community special. This Jukebox highlights some of the storytelling from Juneau, Alaska in November 1995. It offers simultaneous access to video, transcriptions and photographs linked through a table of contents.
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This multi-media website brings the history of the Haul Road (Dalton Highway) to life with oral histories, photographs, maps and documents. Topics include road and Yukon River bridge design and construction, the Hickel Highway - predecessor to the Haul Road, archeology along the route, tourism on the road, truckers' stories, and information about the communities of Wiseman and Coldfoot. This project was funded by the National Park Service.
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This is a report of the Dangerous Ice Workshop held March 3, 2004 held at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. The workshop brought together scientists and local experts to talk about dangerous ice conditions on Interior Alaska's lakes and rivers.
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Maps, pictures and interviews collected in 1992 and 2000 from people living, climbing and working around Denali National Park.
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This is a collaborative effort between the traditional clans of Dry Bay (Gunaxoo), the National Park Service (NPS), the National Forest Service (NFS) and the UAF Oral History program. Traditional Gunaxoo Kwaan lands north of the Alsek River to the Italio River are presently administered by the Yakutat District Ranger's Office of the Tongass National Forest, which supported the project by providing transportation, professional expertise and access to many important places.
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This Project Jukebox website features oral histories, historic film clips, and still photographs to highlight various aspects of dog mushing in Alaska. Topics include: dog racing, dog breeding, village use of dogs, traveling and camping with dogs, dog teams and tourism, dog team mail carriers, old trails, and building sleds. Archival recordings and new interviews from 2011 were included in this project to cover as many topics as possible. We know we missed some well-known mushers but we feel we gave a voice to many important mushers who would otherwise go unheard.
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Interviews collected between 1982 and 1991, featuring Doris Southall, James Hutchison, Rev. and Mrs. Leeroy Parham, and Howard Luke.
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This project was originally funded by the National Park Service in the early 90's and was a cooperative effort between the UAF Oral History Program and the Fairbanks Native Association. During the winter of 2000 Laurie Meijer Drees, a visiting scholar at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, transferred the materials from the original hyper-card jukebox into a web-based format, and added materials related to the history of the FNA.
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This project was originally created in Hyper-Card in the early 90's. The photos were generously provided by the Village of Fort Yukon with the help of the late Carolyn Peter. Students selected 21 photo that they wanted the elders to talk about and the elders were recorded in 1993. This project was converted to HTML in 2005 and is hosted on the Council of Athabascan Tribal Government's website based out of Fort Yukon, Alaska.
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This project contains oral history interviews and photographs from Native and non-Native people who live near or have been associated with the Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve, located in the central Brooks Range of northern Alaska. People were interviewed in the villages of Hughes, Huslia, Alatna, Allakaket, Anaktuvuk Pass, Wiseman, Bettles, as well as park service employees, homesteaders, guides, lodge owners, bush pilots, and scientists who have an association with the Park area. It is an interesting mix of life histories and stories recorded over the last 15 years.
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Kenneth and Caroline Frank from Venetie and Arctic Village talk about historic pictures in English and Gwich'in.
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Public hearings were conducted around Alaska as part of the planning process for setting aside and protecting federal lands in areas such as National Parks and Preserves, Wildlife Refuges, etc. There were over 4 hours of testimonies on May 12, 1973 from people in Anaktuvuk Pass and you can watch these movies through this site.
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The UAF Geophysical Institute hosts this jukebox, which includes interviews and speeches with current and past employees of the UAF Geophysical Institute as of 2001 in celebration of the 50th anniversary. Gileech'agarohookhyaa Shro': Don't Forget the Past Kenneth and Caroline Frank from Venetie and Arctic Village talk about historic pictures in English and Gwich'in.
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History at Risk is a four part radio series that features first person descriptions of historical events by the people who played a role in shaping our history in Alaska. The programs are based on archival interviews in the oral history collection at the Elmer E. Rasmuson Library at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
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The Holy Cross Project Jukebox was funded by the Holy Cross Tribal Council in 2001. Debbie Turner worked in coordination with a committee to come up with a list of elders to be interviewed. The goal of the project has been to create a snapshot of the elders lives as they see it. Family members helped plan and conduct the interviews, and the elders selected photographs from their own collections to demonstrate particular aspects of their lives.
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This jukebox is filled with interviews, maps and pictures from Igiugig, Kokhanok, Levelock and South Naknek, four villages in the Katmai National Park.
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This program mixes photographs with interviews of local Elders to tell the rich history of the village of Kiana, Alaska. Kiana is one of nine villages in the region with cultural ties to the lands, now encompassed by the Western Arctic National Parklands. This program offers glimpses of the people of Kiana, their history, and the setting of their community. Of special interest are historic photographs from Kiana families and a hand-drawn map by Tommie Sheldon of the old village site.
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This jukebox consists of fourteen photo albums representing different, but overlapping historic Projectss from around Lake Clark. The pictures have descriptions from people who lived or worked in the surrounding area and there are several interviews with elders who experienced changes over the last 75 years.
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Residents of Nanwalek and Port Graham conducted interviews and provided photographs for these projects with the assistance and financial support from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Subsistence Division. Topics covered in these projects include history of the villages, contemporary subsistence and how life has changed.
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This project is a compilation of the Chipp-Ikpikpuk and Meade Rivers Oral History Project, the Marvin Peter Photo Album and the Barrow Photo Album. The funding was provided by the North Slope Burrough and the materials were collected by the University of Alaska Fairbanks Oral History Program.
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Nunivak Island's cultural non-profit corporation Nuniwarmiut Piciryarata Tamaryalkuti hosts the map of Nunivak Island with native place names, stories and songs.
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This project highlights stories related to the history of aviation in Alaska and the role aviation has played in changing our state's economy and transportation system. While there are many well-known pioneers in Alaskan aviation, we selected stories from some of the lesser known figures who also have left a legacy and who might otherwise go unheard.
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This program is based on a presentation by three local miners and was funded by the Igloo #4 Foundation. Doug Colp, Carl Heflinger and Glen Franklin talk about their experiences in the mining business in regions of Alaska and the Yukon Territory.
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This project focuses on the villages of Akiachak, Akiak and Tuluksak, where Yup'ik elders in the 1970s and 1980s identified more than 500 place names within an area of approximately 5,000 square miles between the Yukon and Kuskokwim rivers. One site, Pugcenar, was chosen to demonstrate the cultural richness documented in oral history materials archived by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)-ANCSA Program.
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This project highlights stories related to the history of railroads in Alaska and the role they have played in changing our state's economy and transportation systems.
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Rampart Picture History: A Photo Jukebox by Barbara Nelson. Selected photos from the Antoinette Mayo Roberts Woods Collection with descriptions from elders in the Rampart area.
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Interviews with people in the Yukon-Koyukuk region about subsistence and wildlife resources that were recorded by U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service personnel in conjunction with KIYU radio station in Galena.
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This jukebox is a collaborative effort between the Reindeer Herders Association (RHA) in Nome, Alaska and the UAF Oral History Department. This is part of a larger project titled "Reindeer in Transition" which was funded by The National Science Foundation, Human Dimensions of the Arctic Program. The people interviewed in this program were asked to discuss herding practices, traditional knowledge passed from one generation to the next, and the changes they have observed both in herding and in the environment.
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This project is comprised of fourteen oral history interviews, photographs, and a walking tour of the Russian Bishop's House. It is designed to provide an overview of the Sitka National Historical Park; its history, its facilities, and its importance to members of the Sitka community.
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Stakeholders is a project sponsored by the International Arctic Research Center (IARC) and funded by the National Science Foundation. The goal is to bring rural community members and university scientists into discussions about climate and environmental change in Alaska. The communities of Tanana, Ft. Yukon, and Chalkyitsik are the focus of the effort to date.
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This Feminist History Project addresses the history of the women's suffragist struggle through oral history. Sherna Gluck was the director of the Oral History Program and was a teacher in the Women's Studies Program at California State University, Long Beach and created this project in 1974. In 2009, Stacey Carkhuff, a graduate student in Northern Studies at the University of Alaska Fairbanks brought this project into the 21st century.
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This project was a cooperative effort between Tanana's Tribal Council and the Oral History Program and includes recordings from many different oral history collections at UAF. The Tanana Tribal Council funded the project and ANLC contributed educational resources and linguistic support. The language lessons portion of this jukebox was adapted from the Kaska Language Lessons translated and recorded by Agnes Moore from the Alaska Native Language Center in Fairbanks, Alaska and was used with permission from the Yukon Native Language Centre in Whitehorse, Yukon.
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Oral history interviews recorded from 1994 thru 2001, with individuals living in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park area, including photographs, maps, and context statements for the interviews.
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The original intent of this jukebox was to collect oral histories of people involved with, or impacted by the creation of Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve in east-central Alaska. The 36 individuals interviewed for this project in 1991, came from a wide range of backgrounds, but they've all lived or worked in the Preserve. This project was funded by the National Park Service.
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The Yupiit School District (YSD), formed by the Yup'ik villages of Akiachak, Akiak, and Tuluksak, designed a program for cultural heritage education entitled Yupiit Elitnaurutait (Cultural Teachings) whose central principle is "to strengthen and support the Yup'ik identity of students through the Yupiit Piciryarait (Way of Life)" [YSD, 1999]. As part of that program, Yupiit Elitnaurutait staff members collaborated with staff from the University of Alaska Fairbanks Oral History Program to create the Akiachak Then and Now Project Jukebox, Akiak Project Jukebox, and Tuluksak Project Jukebox. These projects bring Yup'ik oral history, traditional knowledge, and historical documentation into the classroom and community through the current perspectives of respected Akiachak elders and long-time community members .
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