Rural Development Seminars

U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski pictured with Faculty, Staff, Students, and Guests at RD seminar in Washington DC, April 2007, sponsored by the National Park Service

Photo credit: Gordon Pullar

Recent Seminars

2007

Feb	Juneau	Understanding the Legislative Process

Apr	Washington DC	Alaska Natives and Federal Relationships

2006

Apr	Barrow	Traditional Knowledge, Environmental Change and Development in the Arctic

Oct	Anchorage	Circumpolar Indigenous Leadership Symposium


2005

Feb	Juneau	Understanding the Legislative Process

Mar	Savoonga and Nome	Community to Community RD Exchange

Apr	Tucson, AZ	Saving and Researching Museum Collections

Oct	Fairbanks	Circumpolar Indigenous Leadership Symposium and Leadership Seminar


2004

Mar	Unalaska	Cultural Resource Management & Economic Development

Apr	Washington DC	Congressional Workshop

Sep	Wash DC & New York	Travel Study – Indigenous Research Techniques in Museums and Archives

Oct	Anchorage	Indigenous Leadership Symposium

Nov	Anchorage	Rural Development Leadership Seminar


2003

Feb	Juneau	Understanding the Legislative Process

Apr	San Diego, CA	The Role of Parks, Protected Areas, and Cultural Sites

Aug	Russia	Community Development in Chukotka

Oct	Fairbanks	Indigenous Leadership Symposium

Nov	Anchorage	Wellness and Healing


2002

Feb	Fairbanks	Development Issues in Chukotka

Apr	Nome	Culture, Museum and Tourism Development

May	New York	UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues & Circumpolar Culture & the UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations

July	Switzerland	Summer Cultural Documentations: The Sami Riddu Riddu Festival

Sep	Fairbanks	Circumpolar Indigenous Leadership Symposium – Session I

Oct	Bethel	Traditional Knowledge and Comanagement of the Natural Resources of the Kuskokwim Region

Nov	Anchorage	Circumpolar Indigenous Leadership Symposium – Session II

Dec	Anchorage	Rural Leadership and Personal Development


2001

Feb	Juneau	Understanding the Legislative Process

Apr	New Mexico	Cultural Resources

Sep	Fairbanks/Dillingham	Circumpolar Indigenous Leadership Symposium

Sep	Dillingham	Issues of Coastal Communities: Interdependence of Bering Sea Coastal Communities with the Marine Ecosystem.

Nov	Anchorage	Indigenous Oral Traditions

Dec	Anchorage	Tools for Economic Development in Rural Alaska

Dec	Anchorage	Alaska Legislative Process Symposium


2000

Feb	Anchorage	Tribal and Local Government Administration ~ Rural Governance

Apr	Kodiak and Old Harbor	Managing Cultural Resources in Rural Alaska

Sep	Fairbanks/Galena	Community Environmental Health: Collaborative Models

Sep	Fairbanks/Galena	Circumpolar Indigenous Leadership Symposium (RD 600)


1999

Jan	Juneau	Understanding the Legislative Process

Apr	Sitka	A Workshop on Resource Management in National Parks and Cultural Tourism

Oct	Fairbanks	International Indigenous Rights and European Study Travel Seminar Follow-up

Dec	Anchorage	Community Economic Development and Land and Resource Management