UAA Celebrates Alaska Native/Native American Indian Heritage month with Alaska Native Storytelling Part 1 of 2

2011-12-02 by News, Sports, and Art

Join Alaska Native storytellers Jack Dalton, Quentin Simeon, Ossie Kairaiuak (Ka-ir-ray-uak) and Polly Andrews to hear stories of humor, survival and cultural knowledge. This event was sponsored by the UAA Office of Diversity and Compliance and Native Student Services.

This podcast was recorded on Nov. 18, 2011.



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UAA Celebrates Alaska Native/Native American Indian Heritage month with Alaska Native Storytelling Part 2 of 2

2011-12-02 by News, Sports, and Art

Join Alaska Native storytellers Jack Dalton, Quentin Simeon, Ossie Kairaiuak (Ka-ir-ray-uak) and Polly Andrews to hear stories of humor, survival and cultural knowledge. This event was sponsored by the UAA Office of Diversity and Compliance and Native Student Services.

This podcast was recorded on Nov. 18, 2011.



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Author David Vann discusses 'Writing and Death'

2011-12-02 by

David Vann was born in the Aleutian Islands and spent his childhood in Ketchikan, Alaska. For 12 years, no agent would send out his first book, “Legend of a Suicide,” so he went to sea and became a captain and boat builder.

“Legend of a Suicide” has now won 10 prizes, including the Prix Medicis Etranger in France for best foreign novel, the Premi Llibreter in Spain for best foreign novel, the Grace Paley Prize, a California Book Award, and the L’Express readers’ prize (France). Translated into 17 languages, “Legend of a Suicide” is an international bestseller and has also been on 40 Best Books of the Year lists worldwide, and will be made into a film.

This podcast was recorded Oct. 28, 2011.



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