Additional Curriculum Resources

Additional Curriculum Resources
Reference Resources
Alaska Department of Fish and Game Ecosystems
(www.wc.adfg.state.ak.us/index.cfm?adfg=ecosystems.borealwhere) (Alaska Department
of Fish and Game), pages 1-5.
Alaska Native Knowledge Network, www.ankn.uaf.edu
Alaska Science Forum (Plants) www.gi.alaska.edu/ScienceForum/plants.html
Andre, Alestine and Fehr, Alan, Gwich’in Ethnobotany, Plants used by the Gwich’in for
Food, Medicine, Shelter and Tools, (Gwich’in Social and Cultural Institute and
Aurora Research Institute, Inuvik, Northwest Territories) 2000
Collet, Dominique M., Willows of Interior Alaska, (U.S Fish and Wildlife Service –
Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge) 2004
Garibaldi, Ann, Medicinal Flora of the Alaska Natives, (Alaska Heritage Program,
Environment and Natural Resources Institute, University of Alaska Anchorage,
Anchorage, Alaska) 1999
Heller, Christine A., Wild Edible and Poisonous Plants of Alaska, (Cooperative
Extension Service, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK) 1953
www.uaf.edu/ces
Holen, Davin L., William E. Simeone, and Liz Williams 2006 “Lake Minchumina,
Telida, Nikolai and Cantwell Subsistence Community Use Profiles and
Traditional Fisheries Use,” Alaska Department of Fish and Game Division of
Subsistence, Technical Paper No. 296. Juneau, Alaska 2004
www.subsistence.adfg.state.ak.us/TechPap/tp296.pdf
Hosley, Edward; Factionalism and Acculturation in an Alaskan Athapaskan Community,
(University of California, L.A) 1966 Ph.D Dissertation
Jones, Eliza and Anderson, Katherine, Roots of Northern Athabascan Life – The Birch
Tree (Reprinted by the Iditarod Area School District, Alaska) 1984
Kari, Priscilla, R. comp, Dena’ina K’et’una – Tanaina Plantlore, (Adult Literacy
Laboratory, University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, AK) 1977
Nelson, Richard K.; Make Prayers to the Raven – A Koyukon View of the Northern
Forest (University of Chicago Press. Chicago, IL) 1983
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Nelson, Richard K., et al; Tracks in the Wildland A Portrayal of Koyukon and Nunamiut
Subsistence (University of Alaska Fairbanks, Alaska) 1982
Nikolai Elementary Students; Athabaskan Recipes, (Iditarod Area Schools
Bilingual/Bicultural Program) 1980
Nikolai Middle School Students; Nikolai Hwnod Dinyaghe, (Top of the Kuskokwim
School, Nikolai, AK) 1998 A school project: leaf and plant collection.
Pratt, Verna E., Alaska’s Wild Berries and Berry-like Fruit, (Alaskakrafts, Inc.,
Anchorage, AK) 1995
Pratt, Verna E., Field Guide to Alaskan Wildflowers Commonly seen along the
Highways and Byways, (Alaskakrafts Publishing, Anchorage, Alaska) 1989
Schofield, Janice J, Alaska’s Wild Plants – A Guide to Alaska’s Edible Harvest, (Alaska
Northwest Publishing, Portland, OR) 1999
Stanek, Sheryl and Butcher, Barbara, Collecting and Using Alaska’s Wild Berries and
Other Wild Products, (Alaska Cooperative Extension, College of Rural AlaskaUniversity of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK) 1998
Steinbright, Jan ed.; From Skins, Trees, Quills and Beads: The Work of Nine
Athabascans, (Institute of Alaska Native Arts) 1985
Stokes, Jeff; “Natural Resource Utilization of Four Upper Kuskokwim Communities,”
Alaska Department of Fish and Game Division of Subsistence, Technical Paper
No. 86. Juneau, Alaska 1984. Also found online at:
www.subsistence.adfg.state.ak.us/TechPap/tp086.pdf
Sullivan, Robert J., The Ten’a Food Quest, (The Catholic University of America Press,
Washington, D.C.) 1942 Ph.D. Dissertation
Viereck, Leslie A., and Little, Elbert L., Alaska Trees and Shrubs, (Snowy Owl Books,
University of Alaska Press, Fairbanks, AK) 2007 2nd Edition
Viereck, Eleanor G., Alaska’s Wilderness Medicines – Healthful Plants of the Far North,
(Alaska Northwest Books, Portland, OR) 1987
White, Helen A., Alaska Wildberry Trails (With Recipes), (Anchorage, AK) 1973
Websites
www.ankn.uaf.edu/publications/clipart/clipart/subsistence.html Clipart
www.ankn.uaf.edu/curriculum/units/Willow/index.html NW Alaska Willow Unit Study
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www.ankn.uaf.edu/curriculum/units/spruce.html Athabascan Digging and Preparing
Spruce Roots Unit Study
www.ankn.uaf.edu/curriculum/units/snowshoe.html Athabascan Snowshoe Unit Study
www.ankn.uaf.edu/curriculum/units/plantstundra.html Yup’ik Plants of the Tundra Unit
Study
www.ankn.uaf.edu/curriculum/units/medplants.html Medicinal Plants of the Kodiak
Allutiiq Archipelago Unit Study
Gathering in the Upper Kuskokwim Appendices
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KWL Chart
What Do You KNOW?
What do you WANT to know?
What Did you LEARN?
(form adapted from Project CRISS: Creating Independence through Student-owned Strategies)
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Land Cover Types near McGrath Alaska
(Tanana Chiefs Conference Forestry Map created by Will Putnam)
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Land Cover Types near Nikolai Alaska
(Tanana Chiefs Conference Forestry Map)
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Land Cover Types near Takotna Alaska
(Tanana Chiefs Conference Forestry Map)
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Land Cover Types near Telida Alaska
(Tanana Chiefs Conference Forestry Map)
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Teacher Resources
Spruce Boughs
PhotoCourtesyof
TeresaHansonandPhyliciaHanson
Photo courtesy of Mike Taras
Copyright Alaska Department of Fish and Game
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Source of Information: Alaska Department of Fish and Game
Boreal Forest
www.wc.adfg.state.ak.us/index.cfm?adfg=ecosystems.borealwhere
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(Holen, et al 2006:115)
Blueberries
www.alaskatrelder.com/berrypicking.htm
Salmonberries (nikotl')
www.alaskatrekker.com/berrypicking.htm
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Lowbush cranberries (netl’), also known
as lingonberries,
www.alaskatrekker.com/berrypicking.htm
Highbush cranberries (tsaltsa)
www.alaskatrekker.com/berrypicking.htm
Raspberries (dwhnikots’)
Crowberry
www.alaskatrekker.com/berrypicking.htm
www.alaskatrekker.com/berrypicking.htm
Wild Rose (Rosa acicularis)
Timberberry See
www.arcticrose.wordpress.com/2008/04/13/041308
-bearberry-and-kinnikinnick-plants
www.arcticrose.wordpress.com/2008/04/13/041308bearberry-and-kinnikinnick-plants
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Tree
Reprinted by the Iditarod Area School District, Inner
Zasada, John 1985, The Life of a White Spruce in the Subarctic, Alaska
Science Forum: March 18, 1985, Article #707, (Geophysical Institute
University of Alaska Fairbanks). www.gi.alaska.edu/ScienceForum/ASF7/707.html
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Spruce Tips
Spruce Cones (Dilodirushja)
Spruce Bark
Spruce Boughs (ił)
Young Spruce Tips
Inner Spruce
Bark
Outer Spruce Bark
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Athabascan Uses of Birch
Birch Bark Roofing
Photo by Teresa Hanson
Serving spoon carved at 2009 Telida spring camp.
Photo by Teresa Hanson
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Kenai Birch
Resin Birch
Cottonwood or Quaking Aspen
Alaska Paper Birch
Dwarf Artic
Birch
Cottonwood
Balsam Poplar
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Alder
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Willow (Salix sp.)
Willow Branch
Alaska Bog Willow
Skeleton Leaf Willow
Gray-leaf Willow
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Wild Grasses
Photo – Courtesy of U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Hard White Punk
Birch Punk
Caribou Moss
Dave Powell, USDA Forest Service
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Wormwood
Horse Tail
Dandelion
Fireweed
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Labrador Tea
Nettle
Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
Indian Potato, Wild Carrot
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