The Alaska Native Heritage Center, a renowned cultural center and museum in Anchorage, is an exciting place where all people can come to expand their understanding of Alaska's first people. Here we share the rich heritage of Alaska's eleven cultural groups drawing upon the lifeways of long ago, the…
This ePub Sample Teacher Lesson Plan is designed to teach students about the ancient dwellings of Alaska’s five culture groups and how different regional housing styles helped Alaska Native peoples thrive in harsh and unforgiving climates. Understanding the dwellings they lived in is an introduction to the traditional life ways of the Athabascan, Inupiaq/St. Lawrence Island Yupik, Yup’ik/Cup’ik, Aleut, Alutiiq, and the Eyak, Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian cultures. The sample lesson includes resources from the Alaska Native Heritage Center and Alaska's Digital Archives.
This ePub Sample Student Lesson focuses on the ancient dwellings of three of Alaska’s culture groups and how different regional housing styles helped Alaska Native peoples thrive in harsh and unforgiving climates. Understanding the dwellings they lived in will introduce you to the traditional life ways of the Athabascan, Yup’ik/Cup’ik, and Eyak/Tlingit/Haida/Tsimshian cultures. The sample lesson includes resources from the Alaska Native Heritage Center and Alaska's Digital Archives.
A short film about the role traditional foods play in Alaska Native cultures.
Students may fill out this Research Guide and return it to their course instructor to describe which activities they participated in and what they learned during their visit to ANHC.
Audio from the ANHC Village Site Tour describing the Unangax House.
Audio from the ANHC Village Site Tour describing the Yup'ik-Cup'ik House.
Audio from the ANHC Village Site Tour describing the Inupiaq-St. Lawrence Island House.
Audio from the ANHC Village Site Tour describing the Eyak, Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian House.
Audio from the ANHC Village Site Tour describing the Athabascan House.
A fact sheet about Yup'ik and Cup'ik cultures.
A fact sheet about Inupiaq & St. Lawrence Island Yupik cultures.
A fact sheet about Inupiaq and St. Lawrence Island Yupik cultures.
A fact sheet about Eyak, Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian cultures.
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