The theme for this year's annual Graduate Student Conference of the College of Languages, Linguistics and Literature (LLL) was "Celebrating Voices -- past - present - future." It reflected not only our goal of celebrating achievements of LLL graduate students, but also our intent of making this the biggest conference yet. The conference…

Intellectual property enables individuals to gain financially from sharing unique and useful knowledge. Compensating indigenous people for sharing their knowledge and resources might both validate and be an equitable reward for indigenous knowledge of biological resources, and might promote the conservation of those resources. This book contains…

In November 2001, elders, youth, educators, culture bearers, and community members came together to speak from within their own experiences about the critical issues and challenges facing Native people in the 21st century and to envision the positive thinking required for future generations. This proceedings documents 34 oral presentations and…

This synopsis of the gathering of healers and health providers presents a guide for discussion of rural Alaskan training issues. An introduction calls on Alaska's indigenous peoples to draw on their traditions and cultural values to create models for a healthy existence. The Health Education and Training Center (HETC) and its goals for improvement…