Culture, Community, and Collaboration: Lessons from the Nome Archaeology Camp

Summary

This is an abstract from the "NPS Archeology: Engaging the Public through Education and Recreation" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Since 2015, the Nome Archaeology Camp has hosted over 40 Alaskan high school students in four, week-long explorations of Northwest Alaska's rich cultural heritage. A partnership between federal agencies, regional tribal consortiums, non-profit organizations, and local experts, the annual summer camp engages students in place-based educational experiences with an emphasis on community based participatory research. Through hands-on activities and field trips students are introduced to cultural resource specialists and career paths, and gain experience in archaeological field techniques, heritage preservation practices, and museum studies. Within each lesson, campers return to the theme that local heritage is worth celebrating and protecting, and consider how these goals can be achieved at community, state, and national levels. Here, we’ll share lessons learned from creating a collaborative place-based educational experience and hear the next generation’s ideas about community led preservation in Northwest Alaska.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 84th Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM (2019)   •
• NPS Archeology: Engaging the Public through Education and Recreation

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Abstract Id(s): 26109