Summary of Third International Conference on Russian America: Irkutsk, August 2007

Here is a brief description of the Third International Conference on Russian America, held in Irkutsk in August. Details, including a program and photos, are available at

http://home.gci.net/~sncnuka/JSARGRA/JSARGRA-2007-Conference.html

. The next conference has been proposed for Alaska in 2010.
Third International Conference on Russian America: Irkutsk, August 2007
In a long overdue follow up to [...]

Alutiiq Museum, the MacArthur Prize, and Dr Lydia Black

Sven Haakanson, director of the Alutiiq Museum, was honored by a MacArthur Fellowship this week, a well-deserved recognition. He credits Lydia Black with spurring his interest in anthropology and in pursuing a doctorate degree as a means to doing his life’s work.

Alaska Public Radio News MacArthur ‘Genius Grant’ awarded to Alutiiq Museum director
http://aprn.org/2007/09/25/macarthur-genius-grant-awarded-to-alutiiq-museum-director/

Anchorage Daily [...]

Lydia T. Black 1925 to 2007

I just received notice my friend and guide, Dr. Lydia T. Black, an anthropologist whose research restored to Alaskan peoples important features of their history and culture, has died early this morning in Kodiak, AK, with family, friends, and Orthodox services present. She was 81.
from the family (to be continued)–

Dr. Black’s research of the Russian [...]

Internet Archive (Veniaminov)

Happened to run across something else at the Internet Archive (Wayback Machine). They do a number of virtual library collections.
The russian orthodox church : organization, situation, activity

http://www.archive.org/details/therussianorthod00unknuoft

Pages which mention Veniaminov. The entire book can be downloaded in various formats.

http://ia311517.us.archive.org/zipview.php?zip=/2/items/ therussianorthod00unknuoft/therussianorthod00unknuoft_flippy.zip&file=0153.jpg

The book was published about 1957-58 by the church in the Soviet Union, according to its [...]

St Innocent of Alaska Bicentennial (Ioann Veniaminov)

St Innocent of Alaska Bicentennial (Ioann Veniaminov)
I had a chance to help Prof. Lydia Black with her organizing of the Veniaminov Bicentennial, 1997, by acting as a digital translator.

St Innocent of Alaska Bicentennial (Ioann Veniaminov)
http://13c4.wordpress.com/2006/08/01/ st-innocent-of-alaska-bicentennial-ioann-veniaminov/

Computers and such

User tech support for classroom social networking

For example

Testing blog clients (off-line writing and editing)
Coding long URLs in comments
Who knew a slash could be so forward
Sitemeter work-around
Images and thumbnails

FYI teachers of science, math, engineering

click image to see larger

free on-line Alaska regional planning calendar

Small Business in Western Alaska [...]

In Alaska, a Tradition of Orthodox Faith

In Alaska, a Tradition of Russian Faith
Those who brought the Orthodox church here are long gone, but the diocese is thriving.
By Sam Howe Verhovek, Times Staff Writer, October 1, 2006
TATITLEK, Alaska — Steve Totemoff keeps faith alive in this tiny Alaskan village — the Russian Orthodox faith.
Totemoff, a native Aleut, keeps the faith when he [...]

Special Projects

o Environment, Safety, and Health (ES&H) of Traditional Indian Artisans and Craftspeople Project (HazArt) -
http://13c4.wordpress.com/special-projects/hazart-traditional-arts-crafts/
o Small Business in Western Alaska
http://13c4.wordpress.com/special-projects/moravian-bookstore/
o The Anthropology of Human Survival -
http://13c4.wordpress.com/2006/01/12/the-anthropology-of-human-survival/
o Rural SWMP Solid Waste Management Planning -
http://13c4.wordpress.com/special-projects/rural-swmp/
o St Innocent of Alaska Bicentennial (Ioann Veniaminov) -
http://13c4.wordpress.com/2006/08/01/ st-innocent-of-alaska-bicentennial-ioann-veniaminov/
o Cross-cultural information technology, computers and such [...]

St Innocent of Alaska Bicentennial (Ioann Veniaminov)

I had a chance to help Prof. Lydia Black with her organizing of the Veniaminov Bicentennial, 1997, by acting as a digital translator.
St Innocent of Alaska Bicentennial (Ioann Veniaminov)

St Innocent of Alaska Bicentennial (Ioann Veniaminov)

I had a chance to help Prof. Lydia Black with her organizing of the Veniaminov Bicentennial, by acting as a digital translator. 2007-03-13 Lydia T. Black 1925 to 2007
Ioann Veniaminov is the world’s most famous Alaskan, except in Alaska and the USA.

http://www.uaf.edu/univrel/media/FY98/026.html
I was fortunate to find the Orthodox Church in America
http://www.oca.org which [...]