After some suggestions, the late Frank Andrew spoke: “The way of our ancestors is called yuungnaqsaraq [Sh., 'trying to live']. The foundation of the original exhibition "Arctic: A Friend Acting Strangely" is the "human face" of Arctic climate change, as portrayed through the observations and perceptions of the Arctic's indigenous inhabitants.
GIFTS FROM THE ANCESTORS
We learned that people are aware that their natural world is changing and that they have a desire to be part of the response to that change.
SIKU PROJECT NEARS COMPLETION
RESEARCH
This week we found our harvest. The turnips had progressed better than we had expected, so that we were able to
She probably contracted pneumonia as a result of the measles. Some of the Napartok people came for the municipality. At least two more books from the members of the SIKU project.
Part of the Napartok folk came for the congregation At least two more books by the members of the SIKU project
Lane came from Saglek to wait for the mail boat, and Jekkokut came from Ramah today.
LABRADOR HEBRON DIARY: THE FLU OF 1918
- Stormy weather and high seas still prevent the departure
- Immediately after the departure of the Harmony (4
- We are still living and on our feet. The Merkleins’
- Another day behind us. The weather was colder today
- Helene has moved in with the people anyway. This is a great relief to me
- Today we fumigated the school room with sulphur
- Yesterday Julius Lane and Henock Kaujatsiak arrived from Saeglek. Praise God, it was also better there than
- The Lanes and their people (i.e., Kaujasiakkut and Henockikkut) arrived this week, but James Metcalf remains
- We had often discussed with the people how we should bury our dead, and their idea was to make one huge grave
- Now our little Nanni has moved in with the people
- On Saturday the 7th Helene fi nally died. A wonder that she remained alive through all the misery from the beginning
- Yesterday noon we saw a komatik coming from the south, and the tension was great as we wondered who it might be
- Yesterday the dismal work of burial was completed
But that is in God's hands and not for us to worry about. Nigel Markham and Anne Budgell's (1985) The Last Days of Okak is a harrowing account of the terrible suffering brought upon Labrador by the 1918 influenza pandemic, as told by three survivors.
MORAVIANS AND THE INUIT: AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL STUDY IN
Still, we're thankful that the scene has been cleaned up so far and that none of the men were harmed. 1, Archaeologies of the Early Modern North Atlantic in our co-authored article titled, "'..they gave Hebron, the city of refuge...'". In addition, three hard copies and CDs of the teacher's manual were donated to the school.
SUBSISTENCE, SETTLEMENT, AND PREHISTORIC EXCHANGE IN
The site is proving to be one of the richest and largest sites on the island, the boundaries of which have not yet been determined. Some of the latter appear to have been reworked by Beothuk people, including chipped ballast pebbles and modified nails. I learned a lot more about other goods that were involved in long-distance exchange systems in the Maritime Archaic and created a good comparative database that will be useful for future research.
DEER STONE PROJECT COMPLETES RESEARCH IN NORTHERN MONGOLIA
FIELDWORK
At Tsatsiin ereg we met archaeologists from the Mongolian Institute of Archeology working with Jérôme Magail from the Monaco Prehistory Museum, mapping and excavating horse burials to test our theory of khirigsura site formation that the horse sacrifices at these sites were separate were ceremonial events. or at least that of rapid accumulation, rather than being rituals of renewal that play out over decades or centuries. After seeing this herculean effort, we decided we were happy with small-scale excavations and continued to Karakhorum, the ancient Mongolian capital, where we spent the rest of the day touring the Erdene Zoo Monastery and inspecting the ruins of the ancient city beyond. the monastery walls. We are now in a position to take the results of Khovsgol and apply them to the deer stones and Bronze Age ceremonial life in the Mongolian Altai.
ON THE ANCIENT UIGHUR TRAIL IN NORTHERN MONGOLIA
The north-east side of the pass is steep with a small zigzag path leading down into the Saireg River valley. Saireg travels north a short distance to reach Shishhid gol, a major tributary of the Yenisei River. North of Shishgid, the trail would cross Chinggis Rock and follow Tengis gol north through Mongol Sharyn davaa to Todz Tuva.
MOUNDS AND MORE MOUNDS IN KHOVSGOL AIMAG, MONGOLIA
Then control over the land becomes very important and the success of this control can become a matter of the group's survival or dismissal. Most likely it will be in the Bayankhongor range in the southern part of central Mongolia and a few hundred kilometers south of the Khovsgol range. We also had the opportunity to study some of the survey and excavation results.
HARE HARBOR SITE IN EASTERN QUEBEC REVEALS MORE SECRETS
We also discovered a broken roof tile along the east side of the kitchen. Test pits at the entrance and in the center of the house produced dozens of European artifacts in a thin bed, including an iron ax identical to the one found in the middle of the kitchen slab. Future excavations and archival studies will hopefully provide answers to the many questions raised by these finds.
THE ASC GOES LOCAL: FORT CIRCLE PARK ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROJECT
Give students the opportunity to produce an exhibit of the dig at the DC Historical Society. We even discovered the true location of the exorcist, made famous by the movie, misplaced in Georgetown. The field team takes the core of the site, led by soil expert, Dan Wagner.
SI JOURNEYS” GROUP TOURS MONGOLIA
IPY 2007- 2008: TAKING STOCK AND MAKING SENSE
OUTREACH
The report will be formally presented at the Oslo Conference as the main concluding document of the Joint Committee which will conclude its service in guiding the preparation and implementation of the 2007-2008 IPY. Three sections of the Report - 'Polar Societies' (lead authors Igor Krupnik and Grete Hovelsrud), 'Human Health' (lead authors Alan J. Parkinson, Susan Chatwood, Kue Young) and. Several Arctic social scientists (Yvon Csonka, Michael Bravo, Peter Schweitzer, Joan Nymand Larsen, Louwrens Hacquebord) and historians of polar science (Fae Korsmo, Sverker Sörlin, Cornelia Lüdecke, Rip Bulkeley, Aan Elzinga, Susan Barr) have engaged in the preparation Theirs. The report.
INUVIALUIT ENCOUNTER
For the first time in the history of polar community research, it will include subjects from both the Arctic and Antarctic regions and themes as diverse as the protection of the polar landscapes (environment, heritage and people) in the face of increasing human activity; exploitation of natural resources; local chemical and biological pollution, disturbance of flora and fauna; tourism; socio-cultural effects and political implications of commercial pursuits in the polar regions. This is something we lamented at the time when social scientists first argued for the place of human and society-focused research in the early days of IPY planning. The ASC Newsletter will keep its readers informed of further exciting developments in IPY 2007–.
CONFRONTING THE PAST FOR THE FUTURE: AN IPinCH CASE STUDY
With the enthusiastic support and support of the Inuvialuit Cultural Resource Center, we began seeking funding for a project that would bring an Inuvialuit delegation to the Smithsonian to initiate a collaborative investigation of the Inuvialuit materials in the MacFarlane Collection. I hope this is just the beginning of the project, that it will continue to expand. And while the artifacts remain in MSC's collection storage facility, the spirit of the collection has taken flight and returned to the Inuvialuit Settlement Region.
SHIPPING LITHICS AT THE ASC
FIFTEEN MONTHS OF ARCTIC STUDIES
INTERNS
In short, I learned more about Mongolian rock art and its possible connection to the deer stones. Since returning from Mongolia, I have used the skills I learned last year in working on the Deer Stone report again, and I have also started working in the NMNH Physical Anthropology Department describing and measuring skeletal materials from Mongolia with Dave Hunt and Bruno Frohlich.
ARCTIC OUTREACH
ASC: WHERE ANTHROPOLOGY AND GRAPHIC DESIGN MEET
MY STORIES: THE ST. LAWRENCE GATEWAYS PROJECT 2009
Last summer they appeared on the western flank of the site, in rectangular turf. Needless to say, I was struck by their invocation of the classic prototype of the exotic woman. I am deeply grateful to Bill for giving a first-year student the opportunity to find her academic groove, and to the rest of the crew for the care and patience they showed with their own “Korean Siren.”
BØRNEHJEMMET: THE CHILDREN’S HOME IN UUMMANNAQ, GREENLAND
RECIPROCITY: VISITORS TO MAINE FROM BØRNEHJEMMET
BERGY BITS
Ole then introduced the film Inuk with the hope and expectation that it would be selected for screening at the annual Sundance Film Festival in Colorado. After the film ended, the Greenlanders, some of whom were in the film, and the film viewers continued the conversation. In the late afternoon, our guests started their journey back to Greenland with another film screening in the Massachusetts home of the legendary folk singer Pete Seeger.
WITNESS TO THE HOZOMEEN
Morse was accompanied by his wife Inger Knudsen Holm, formerly of Ilulissat (Jakobshavn) Greenland, whose godfather was Knud Rasmussen, "Father of Greenland".
GATHERING, SEPTEMBER 12-13, 2009
After dinner, the evening's activities included Ann's introduction to the Greenlanders, beginning with a presentation by a young woman in traditional West Greenlandic attire. Planners hope the Hozomeen meeting will be an annual event for the renewal of indigenous knowledge and access to this important resource area for the inland, freshwater mountain people of the northwest coast.
THE CLIMATE SUMMIT “SCIENCE FOR POLITICS”
ELMER HARP (1913-2009)—A DARTMOUTH INSTITUTION
DANIEL ASHINI (1959-2009)
TRANSITIONS
The project involved the Innu in the design of the research and provided opportunities to train Innu youth in archaeological methods. This has been a problem for the Innu during land claim negotiations when the government cites archaeological. For the Innu, the land itself is alive, it is full of place names that tell our stories and our history.
EVELYN STEFANSSON NEF (1913-2009)
And ultimately archeology must be about respect: respect for the people and the land that archaeologists visit. It can be said of Daniel Ashin that he was the "Father of Innu Archaeology", being the first Innu leader to promote archeology - as practiced by Western science - and to publish on the work, practice and ethics of the archaeological field. He is also the father of Innu archaeologists, in that his daughter, Jodie, has become the first Innu from Labrador to graduate with a degree in archeology and become a professional archaeologist (see Arctic Studies Center Bulletin 2008 15:36 ).
AL DEKIN (1943 - 2010)
Archaeologists have a responsibility to be Innu advocates when it comes to preserving Innu land tenure and livelihood rights. Daniel's wit and wisdom are sorely missed, as are his morals and wry sense of humor -- as welcoming and refreshing in the tent after a grueling day of travel as they were at the conference table.
GENGHIS KHAN AND THE MONGOL EMPIRE
TROPOYU BOGORAZA / ALONG THE PATH OF BOGORAS. RESEARCH AND LITERARY
PUBLICATIONS
CLARA ANN SIMMONS
Bogora's name is familiar to Western anthropologists because of his friendship with Franz Boas and his role in the Jesup North Pacific Expedition. Marine mammal hunters of Chukotka in the 20th and 21st centuries; Traditional cultures and languages of Chukotka; and Chukotka Archives (documents from the 1930s). The book has an extensive summary in English and a table of contents; an English translation is reported to be in progress by The.
THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS, ALASKA – A GUIDE TO PHOTOGRAPHS AND
The book is dedicated to the late Russian anthropologist Waldemar Bogoras (Vladimir Bogoraz, the founder of modern ethnology of Chukchi, Asian Eskimos/Yupik and other indigenous Chukotka peoples. For the first time, the book contains historical photographs from family archives of Chukotkan indigenous peoples, including some unique images of tundra reindeer herding in the 1940s and 1950s and of local herders who perished during the brutally enforced state collectivization of their herds at the time.This book highlights the unique challenges of protecting cultural resources in Polar regions, including extreme inaccessibility and particular forms of deterioration.
LAPPS AND LABYRINTHS: SAAMI PREHISTORY, COLONIZATION AND
The challenges of conservation, as well as the impact of polar tourism, are major concerns and deserve much more international attention.
HISTORICAL POLAR BASES –
PRESERVATION AND MANAGEMENT
GIFTS FROM THE ANCESTORS: ANCIENT IVORIES FROM BERING STRAIT
2009/2010 ASC STAFF PUBLICATIONS
In On the Track of the Thule Culture from Bering Strait to East Greenland, edited by Bjarne Grønnow, pp. Pre-Scythian Khirigsuurs, Deer Stone Art, and Bronze Age Cultural Intensification in Northern Mongolia. Stone shamans and stag beetles of northern Mongolia: deer goddess of Siberia or chimera of the steppe? Arctic anthropology.
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