[This page is part of the courses EBOTF100/ANTHF102 Introduction to Ethnobotany, and EBOT F220/ANTH F220 Research Methods for Ethnobotanists]
On this page, you can find a compilation of additional resources containing information about the use of plants in different regions of Alaska. Watching the videos and consulting the websites is not required, but you should at least skim the list to see if you can find information relevant to one of your project plants.
Videos:
DAY IN OUR BAY: Voices and Views from Bristol Bay based on a community-based digital storytelling project.
STORE OUTSIDE YOUR DOOR by the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC)
TUNDRA TO TABLE and IÑUPIAT TRADITIONS by Farthest North Films (Sarah Betcher).
TIES TO ALASKA’S WILD PLANTS by Farthest North Films (Sarah Betcher).
Meet sisters Bertha Pavian and Lucy Andrews for their harvesting walk on the beach.
ALASKA REGION FORAGING VIDEOS by Meda DeWitt and Indigenous Food Lab.
Dick, Helen. The Dena’ina Way of Making a Birch Bark Basket. National Park Service. U.S. Department of the Interior
Rooted in the Land- Ethnobotany in Alaska – See Stories
Websites:
Berry picking. Berry camp. Alaska Native Knowledge Network. Cultural Atlases, Naparyarmiut Cultural Atlas:
Edible and useful plants of Scammon Bay. Alaska Native Knowledge Network. Marshall Cultural Atlas.
Edible and useful plants of Hooper Bay. Alaska Native Knowledge Network. Marshall Cultural Atlas.
Mouse food. Alaska Native Knowledge Network. Marshall Cultural Atlas.
Check out the long list of film clips on the Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Alaska channel. Many of the short films are directly related to plants.
Access KYUK’s ‘World’s largest collection of Yup’ik and Cup’ik videos’ here. (You’ll need to search for the recordings, enter ‘KYUK’).
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