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Tag: King Island Alaska

Place names link birds and King Island culture

Post author By cws_regi
Post date May 9, 2011

In her effort to document the place names of her native King Island, Alaska, Deanna Paniataaq Kingston encountered cultural links to birds.

Tags Anthropology, Auklet, Bird, Environment & Natural Resources, Fisheries and Wildlife, King Island Alaska

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A Name for Home: King Island

Post author By shermale
Post date December 1, 2010

If identity is linked to places on the landscape, names for those places become part of shared culture. An OSU research project has helped to document the culture of King Island, Alaska.

Tags Anthropology, Deanna Kingston, Environment and Natural Resources, King Island Alaska, Social Science