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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 1, 1996

Fairbanks, Alaska - Keepers of the Treasures Alaska Executive Director Ellen Bielawski is the spotlight lecturer in a series of presentations this spring sponsored by UAF's Department of Philosophy and Humanities. The lectures are free and open to the public.

Bielawski, a research associate at Canada's Arctic Institute of North America, is project director at Keepers of the Treasures overseeing implementation of the Native American Graves Repatriation Act. The law passed by Congress in 1990 requires federally funded museums to return Native artifacts to Native groups which request them.

Bielawski's research interests include the philosophy of science, including perception, cognition and artificial intelligence. Her lecture in March is titled, "How We Know What We Know - Knowledge and Reality in Native Cultures and Western Scientific Culture, " and is funded in part through the Alaska Humanities Forum and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

According to UAF Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Humanities Norman Swazo, the spring lectures will provide opportunities to learn about the humanities from a variety of perspectives. All lectures begin at 7 p.m.

Schedule

Feb. 5, 303 Gruening: Catherine Zuelsdorf "Introduction to Expressive Therapies"

Feb. 26, 303 Gruening: Walter Benesch "Buddhism and Skepticism"

March 4, 303 Gruening: Angayuqaq Oscar Kawagley "Yupiaq Worldviews: A Pathway to Ecology and Spirit"

March 25, 303 Gruening: Ellen Bielawski "How We know What We Know"

April 8, 303 Gruening: Judith Kleinfeld "People Going North: Ethical Choices"

April 29, 303 Gruening: Michael Krause, Larry "Impending Catastrophe in the Kaplan, Patrica Kwachka the Linguistic World- Panel Lorena Williams Discussion."

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CONTACT: Dr. Norman Swazo, Department of Philosophy and Humanities, 474-7398.

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