Audio and Transcripts

Alaska Exhibition

Canoe, 1929

Aaron Leggett, Curator of Alaska History, discusses the Athabascan/Dene style birchbark canoe.

Dance Mittens, mid-20th century

Maria Williams, phD, 2018-19 museum education faculty fellow and scholar of Alaska Native studies, discusses dance mittens and Iñupiaq traditions of King Island.

Giyema (Mask), mid-20th century

Beth Leonard, phD, scholar of Alaska Native studies, reflects on the Giyema and tea party ceremonies.

Drum, Drumstick, c. 1960

Christine Cassidy, Museum Educator, reflects on an Iñupiaq drum and drumstick.

Hat, c. 1973

Aaron Tolen, 2018-19 museum education intern, examines a Southeast ceremonial hat.

Art of the North

Marie Rexford, 2016

Podcaster Alice Qannik Glenn, of Coffee and Quaq, reflects on Brian Adam’s portrait of Marie Rexford.

Neqeniighta, 2017

Artist and researcher James Temte discusses his collaborative artwork of Neqeniighta.

Red Curl, 2018

Artist Kathleen Bonnar reflects on Sonya Kelliher-Combs’s Red Curl.
Scroll to top