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/

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Help wanted Alaskan Icons

Yekaterinburg Alaskan Icon Exhibition for 200th Anniversary of American-Russian Diplomatic Relations
Prof. Lydia Black has asked that I publicize the evident need for Orthodox icons made by Alaska Natives and other Native Americans for a special bicentennial exhibit. These could be contemporary examples or historic. I’m guessing icons by unknown Native artists or iconographers would be [...]