Employment

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1993-2006, 2009 - Present Consulting Anthropologist conducting research and producing interpretive materials for a variety of clients

2006-2009 Vice President of Cultural and Educational Services, Alaska Native Heritage Center, Anchorage, Alaska

2001-2002 Senior Vice President of Programs and Education, Alaska Native Heritage Center, Anchorage, Alaska; a 26-acre facility with year-round programs and exhibits, a small collection of Alaska Native material culture, averaging 110,000 visitors a year with an annual budget exceeding $6 million; duties included designing programs for and administering $3 million in grants annually

1999-2001 Vice President of Education, Alaska Native Heritage Center, Anchorage

1994-1998 Project Director, Communities of Memory, an Exemplary Project funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Rockefeller Foundation; administered by the Alaska Humanities Forum, Anchorage

1976-1989 Curriculum Development Specialist, Indian Education Program, Anchorage School District; researched, designed, wrote, and pilot tested instructional materials adopted by into the Anchorage School District curriculum. Selected units include:

Museum School Tours: designed for the Anchorage Museum of History and Art to complement adopted curriculum units on Alaska Native cultures, 1988.

Teachers Guide for Special Issue: Alaska Quarterly Review: Alaska Native Writers, Storytellers, and Orators, 1988.

The Tlingit Indians of Southeast Alaska: Teachers Guide, Student Books, Learning Materials, 1988.

Cultural Change in the Aleutian Islands: Teachers Guide, Student Books, Learning Materials, 1987.

Natives in Alaskas History: A Text for Junior High School, 1986.

Unalakleet, A Community Study: Teachers Guide, Student Booklets, Computer Program, Instructional Materials, 1986.

Athabascans of Interior Alaska: Teachers Guide, Student Booklets, Computer Program, Instructional Materials, 1985.

1974-1976 Native Studies Developer for schools statewide (curriculum sent to public schools throughout the state), Alaska Native Education Board, Anchorage, Alaska

1972-date Adjunct Instructor for courses in Anthropology and Education, University of Alaska Southeast, University of Alaska Anchorage, University of Alaska Fairbanks, and Alaska Pacific University. Courses taught include:

Wisdom of the Elders: History and Culture of the Chugach Region

Alaska Native Oral Traditions

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971

Anthropology for Teachers

Historical and Contemporary Eskimo Life

Historical and Contemporary Life of Alaskan Athabaskans

Historical and Contemporary Life on the Aleutian Islands
Natives of Alaska

Teaching Alaska Native Oral Traditions

Tlingit Indians of Southeastern Alaska

Utilizing the Museum in Teaching and Curriculum Design

1971-1974 Coordinator, Alaska Multimedia Education Program (researched and designed traveling educational kits sent to rural villages throughout Alaska), Alaska State Museum, Juneau, Alaska

1969 Research Assistant, Haffenreffer Museum of Brown University, Bristol, Rhode Island