events

Agayuliyararput
(Our Way of Making Prayer)
The Living Tradition of Yup'ik Masks
An exhibition of more than 200 masks, Agayuliyararput is the first major exhibition of Yup'ik Eskimo material planned by Alaska Native people in collaboration with the museum community. The masks are presented in the context of the of the dances, stories and complex cosmology of the Yup'ik people who created them.

Fairbanks, Alaska
June 27, 1998 - January 17, 1999
University of Alaska, Fairbanks

Juneau, Alaska
March 4 - Oct 10 , 1999
Alaska State Museum

AINU: Spirit of a Northern People
The only exhibit in North America to explore the history, culture and art of the Ainu, the Native people of Northern Japan.
Follow AINU: The Anatomy of an Exhibit as the exhibit develops online.

Washington, D.C.
April 30, 1999, - January 2000.
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution

Subsequent venues to be announced

Looking Both Ways: Heritage and Identity of the Alutiiq People.
This upcoming exhibit about the native Alutiiq people of Alaska will open at the Alutiiq Museum in Kodiak, Alaska early 2000. It will feature the Smithsonian's Fisher Ethnographic Collection and Alutiiq dance.

Viking Millenium
In 1000 A.D., Vikings sailed across the stormy North Atlantic to the shores of North America and met its Native inhabitants. As the Viking Millennium approaches, the Arctic Studies Center presents an introduction to this exciting period and explores new research helping us understand the Viking past.

Virtual Exhibit
Crossroads of Continents Online