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Electronic Field Trip 2007

SHI participated in an electronic field trip on May 8 at Auke Rec in Juneau. The field trip, produced by Ball State University and Smithsonian Institution, included two identical live 60-minute broadcasts that were accessible to students across the country via the Internet and some public television stations. The broadcasts included six sets featuring an old canoe, basketry and Chilkat weavings, a fire pit and the Sealaska canoe in the water. Each set was manned by adults and students from Juneau and Washington, D.C. The hosts explained aspects of Southeast Alaska Native language and culture, then fielded questions live from students across the country. The producers also established a website that includes information and videos about Native cultures. The website will remain intact in perpetuity. Click any photo to enlarge. Use your browser's back button to return.
 

The virtual field trip was broadcast live from Auke Rec in Juneau

The main hosts were Genevieve Simermeyer from the National Museum of the American Indian and a student from Harborview Elementary

The broadcast included a set in the Sealaska canoe with teacher Liz Miyasato and a student.

The team in the canoe fielded questions about Alaska fish and traditional ways of catching them

SHI Language Specialist Yarrow Vaara and Chilkat weaver Clarissa Hudson put a blanket on a student

Clarissa Hudson shows how to weave a Chilkat blanket

Tlingit speaker Hans Chester and a student from Washington, D.C., did segments on how to pronouce Tlingit words

The language team focused on Tlingit words that have sounds not found in English

Teacher Nancy Douglas and students demonstrate how to cook food using a traditional fire pit

The 60-minute programs were broadcast live on the Internet and via some public television stations

Clarissa Hudson and a student talk about spinning warp for Chilkat blankets

The producers set up a satellite dish at Auke Rec to send the signal live