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Newsletter Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History April 2012 Number 19 Newsletter Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History April 2012 www.mnh.si.edu/arctic Number 19 NOTES FROM THE DIRECTOR This coming year the ASC’s contribution to By William Fitzhugh research and education about Arctic change comes through sponsorship of the 18th Inuit Studies This was another record year for Arctic change Conference which will be held at the Smithsonian on with the summer sea-ice reaching a second historic 24-28 October 2012. The ISC is held every two years, low, equivalent to 2007, when I experienced it from the generally in Canada, although it has been in Alaska deck of the Russian ice-breaker Khlebnikov while on a and Paris, but never in the Lower 48. The conference Smithsonian “Arctic Seminar Cruise.” An observation, theme—“Learning From the Top of the World”— novel to me at the time, was the large amount of black has climate impacts as its over-arching topic and is soot on the ice around Wrangel Island. That year supported by sub-themes of social, cultural, and climate scientists began talking change; globalization; about the effect of black power, governance, and carbon from jet-planes and politics; heritage and other sources. Dark matter museums; education and was being concentrated on health; Inuit language and the surface of multi-year literature; Inuit art, film and sea ice, accelerating the media: visual anthropology melt. Today black carbon is of the north; and perceiving recognized as an atmospheric the past: towards a more cooling agent, blocking solar inclusive archaeology. radiation, as well as a sea-ice We expect several melting accelerant. hundred participants to As climate change attend scholarly sessions, proceeds, the Arctic view special exhibits, continues to race ahead of explore Smithsonian the global warming curve, collections and archives, with different effects in and take advantage of different regions. Labrador Washington D.C.’s cultural and the Far Northeast have riches, government agencies, had record snows while for a NGOs, and educational second year in a row almost Projected Changes in Sea Ice. ACIA Map, Clifford Grabhorn. institutions. The Program no winter ice has formed in Committee has been busy the Gulf of St. Lawrence, planning sessions, raising dealing another blow to harp seal pup recruitment. funds, lining up venues, and spreading the word. Meanwhile, Europe gets buried in snow which even Plenary speakers include Nellie Cournoyea, Mark reached North Africa. Despite regional anomalies, Serreze, and Sheila Watt-Cloutier. We are advised by global temperature continues to rise. Anticipation of an Inuit Advisory Board composed of Nancy Karetak- Arctic change has prompted the U.S. to formulate Lindell, Aqqaluk Lynge, Willie Hensley, and Vera a new Arctic Research Plan, while commitment at Metcalf. Special exhibitions will feature the Inuit/ the highest levels of government was demonstrated Norse-themed sculpture of Abraham Anghik Ruben and by Hillary Rodham Clinton’s and Ken Salazar’s displays of Dorset prints and textile and photographic participation in the Arctic Council Ministerial held in arts. Arctic films, dance groups, and literary events are Nuuk in May 2011. Public awareness of Arctic change scheduled as well as receptions. A banquet address by was also enhanced by international meetings reviewing Aron Crowell will present the ASC’s new Anchorage the contributions of the recent International Polar Year. exhibits and educational programs. The meetings will 2 take place in a social media environment that will Padilla, and renovated Northwest Coast Raven canoe facilitate participant interaction and bring its activities and salmon displays. Installations will open in fall, and findings to a broader audience. Information on the 2012. program and registration is available at http://www. Loring and Fitzhugh, assisted by Rob Mullen and mnh.si.edu/arctic/ISC18/index.html Lauren Marr, began planning a special exhibition for Changes in the North have resulted in advances NMNH tentatively titled Visions of the Boreal Forest. on many governmental fronts. Igor Krupnik and With support from TD Bank and the Canadian Boreal William Fitzhugh, acting for the SI’s Eva Pell, helped Initiative, we held workshops to identify themes, develop the U.S. Interagency Arctic Research Policy players, and educational messages. The boreal exhibit Committee’s new Arctic Research Plan under the will feature the natural and cultural history of one of leadership of Brandon Kelly. We also contributed to the world’s last great ecosystems, still largely intact the State Department’s Arctic Policy Group coordinated but under pressure for extraction of its timber, oil and by U.S. Senior Arctic official,Julia Gourley. gas, waters, minerals, and animals. As with the Ocean Assisted by the U.S. National Park Service, Fitzhugh Hall, conservation and sustainable development will participated on a committee developing a global list be central themes. On another front, we collaborated of Arctic Heritage Sites for the Arctic Council and with Martin Nweeia and Charles Potter on a future made recommendations on the impacts of trans-Arctic exhibition of the elusive Arctic animal—the mysterious shipping on Arctic environments, peoples, and cultures. tusked narwhal. In Anchorage, Aron Crowell and Dawn Biddison ASC garnered several awards this year. Noel settled into their paces by producing a series of Broadbent received the Smithsonian Secretary’s programs and events building on the new ASC exhibition and collection resources now available at Research Prize for Lapps and Labyrinths: Saami the Anchorage Museum. These programs, such as Prehistory, Colonization, and Cultural Resilience. the recent Athapascan snowshoe and the Dena’ina Stephen Loring received recognition for his language workshops, bring new documentation to our contributions to community archaeology and Perry collections while also enriching Alaska Native cultural Colbourne, skipper of the R.V. Pitsiulak, received and linguistic heritage through interactive media. The an award for 15 years of exemplary service and new Alaska programs coordinate closely with the stewardship of Smithsonian field research teams. museum’s new Recovering Voices initiative. ASC research contributions continued with This year’s major exhibition project involved Loring’s work in Labrador; Krupnik’s research on renovating the NMNH Ocean Hall. Stephen Loring, Alaska Native weather and environmental observations Torben Rick, and Bill Fitzhugh worked closely with in the Bering Strait region; Crowell’s oral history and a team headed by Jill Johnson and Elaine Soulenille heritage archaeology in South Alaska; and Fitzhugh’s to strengthen the hall’s ocean conservation and field programs in Mongolia and Quebec. Meanwhile anthropological content. New elements will include an Broadbent continued his local historical archaeology Ainu boat built by Masahiro Nomoto, Arctic climate of the War of 1812 Bladensburg site in northeast change, installation of the Greenland kayak built during Washington D.C. All of these projects—and more—are the NMNH’s 2005 Festival of Greenland by Maligiaq described in the following pages. For more information or to register for the Inuit Studies Conference please visit: http://www.mnh.si.edu/arctic/ISC18/index.html 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS ASC Special Update.............................................................4 Bringing Lucien M. Turner’s 1882-84 Field Notes of Learning From the Top of the World – the 18th Inuit Arctic Mammals to the Attention of Science Studies Conference John Murdoch, Sr. Discovering big things in small places: The Arctic Anchorage.............................................................................6 Collections of the Chester County Historical Society St. Lawrence Island Yupik Language Workshop Alaska Native Film Festival Fieldwork............................................................................23 Evening for Educators Quebec Field Report 2011 Athabascan Snowshoe Artists Residency Rock Art and Archaeology in the Mongolian Altai The Glacier’s Eternal Gift: Traditional Ice Floe Sealing Rock Art in the Mongolian Altai at Yakutat Bay Field Mapping in the Mongolian Altai ASC Anchorage Interns and Fellows Commodore Joshua Barney Site Excavation Studying the North in the “North Country” Exhibits................................................................................11 Arctic Journeys/Ancient Memories: The Sculpture of Outreach..............................................................................31 Abraham Anghik Ruben Time Team America Culture on Cloth: a World-touring exhibition on display Science Symposia Honor Tiger Burch, 1938–2010 during the Inuit Studies Conference Arctic Warming and Archaeology Boreal Exhibition Planning Takes a Big Step Forward Boreal Forest Exhibition Interns.................................................................................33 Research..............................................................................16 Bergy Bits............................................................................40 Arctic Issues in the ‘Global Climate Change’ Debate Transitions...........................................................................46 The Center for Circumpolar Studies Publications.........................................................................48 Tuugaat Uqaaqtuaq (Ivory Stories): Ivory Drill Bows 2010/2011 ASC Interns, Fellows, and Volunteers.............51 Recall Tales from the Arctic THANKS TO OUR 2011 SPONSORS! 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