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AK, For All, Multicultural Location
Anchorage, AK Join the conversation. Engage the world.
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AK, Alaska Native, American (US), Settler Location
Valdez, AK Community Focus
AK, Survivor, For All, Multicultural Location
Unalaska, AK Unalaskans Against Sexual Assault & Family Violence provides safety, education, and advocacy services to empower people and create a culture of nonviolence and respect.
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AK, American (US), For All Location
Juneau, AK The Alaska State Museum was established on June 6, 1900, when an Act of Congress created the Historical Library and Museum for the District of Alaska.
The Alaska State Museums (a state educational agency comprised of the Alaska State Museum and the Sheldon Jackson Museum) identify, collect, preserve and exhibit Alaska's material and natural history and provide public access to services and collections of the Museums.
The Alaska State Museums interpret and disseminate knowledge of the history of the state, its people, and its resources, and support others in these efforts. The Museums also assist and advise in the growth, development, and excellence of other museums within Alaska.
The Alaska State Museums (a state educational agency comprised of the Alaska State Museum and the Sheldon Jackson Museum) identify, collect, preserve and exhibit Alaska's material and natural history and provide public access to services and collections of the Museums.
The Alaska State Museums interpret and disseminate knowledge of the history of the state, its people, and its resources, and support others in these efforts. The Museums also assist and advise in the growth, development, and excellence of other museums within Alaska.
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AK, Alaska Native, American (US), Haida, Tlingit / Lingít, Tsimshian Location
Juneau, AK Enhancing Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian cultures.
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AK, Jewish Location
Anchorage, AK The Alaska Jewish Museum provides a home for Jewish history, art and culture in Alaska.
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AK, Survivor, For All, Multicultural Location
Sitka, AK Sitkans Against Family Violence (SAFV) is a nonprofit organization that provides temporary shelter and empowerment-based safety and trauma-informed advocacy services for survivors of domestic and sexual violence, while promoting a community of nonviolence and respect.
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AK, American (US), Settler Location
Sutton, AK The Alpine Historical Park is a open air historical park and museum located in the midst of the small community of Sutton at mile 61.6 of the Glenn Highway in the Matanuska Valley, Alaska.
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AK, Alaska Native, American (US), Athabaskan, Tlingit / Lingít Location
Juneau, AK Crystal Rose Demientieff Worl is Tlingit Athabascan from Raven moiety, Sockeye Clan, from the Raven House. She is a child of a Thunderbird and from the Chilkat region in Southeast Alaska. From her mother’s side, she is Deg Hit’an Athabascan from Fairbanks Alaska. Raised between Fairbanks and Juneau, she was introduced at a young age to her traditional arts, practices, and storytelling. In 2013 Crystal earned a Bachelor’s of Fine Art in Jewelry Metals and an Associate’s of Fine Art in Moving Images from the Institute of American Indian Arts. In 2020 Crystal completed a 3-year apprenticeship in painting and formline design with BC Contemporary Haida artist Robert Davidson.
Crystal experiments with kiln-cast glass, printmaking, painting, and silversmithing. She recently began working with fish skin, seal gut-skin, and furs. Crystal studies traditional Tlingit formline design and Athabascan beadwork patterns. She experiments applying her designs within mixed media and performance. She practices the recreation and modernization of her Clan’s stories and Raven stories from home. Her work explores the relationships and bonds between her people, the land, and the animals.
Today Crystal lives in Juneau, Alaska working as a co-owner of Trickster Company with her brother Rico Worl. Trickster Company promotes innovative indigenous design focused on the Northwest Coast art and exploration of themes and issues in Native culture.
Crystal experiments with kiln-cast glass, printmaking, painting, and silversmithing. She recently began working with fish skin, seal gut-skin, and furs. Crystal studies traditional Tlingit formline design and Athabascan beadwork patterns. She experiments applying her designs within mixed media and performance. She practices the recreation and modernization of her Clan’s stories and Raven stories from home. Her work explores the relationships and bonds between her people, the land, and the animals.
Today Crystal lives in Juneau, Alaska working as a co-owner of Trickster Company with her brother Rico Worl. Trickster Company promotes innovative indigenous design focused on the Northwest Coast art and exploration of themes and issues in Native culture.
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AK, For All Location
Anchorage, AK Inspiring the Spirit of Giving and Connecting People, Organizations, and Causes to Strengthen Alaska’s Communities Now and Forever.
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AK, Survivor, For All, Multicultural Location
Valdez , AK Advocates for Victims of Violence is committed to ending domestic violence and sexual assault by providing confidential services to victims/survivors and their families, offering educational programs, primary prevention, and committed to effecting social, political, and legal
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AK, American (US), For All Location
Anchorage, AK The Alaska Historical Society is a volunteer-based, 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of Alaska history by the exchange of ideas and information, the preservation and interpretation of resources, and the education of Alaskans about their heritage. Governed by a 15-member board of directors, the Society provides a forum and a vehicle to achieve these goals. AHS is a membership organization with 480+ members.
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AK, Drag, LGBTQ, Queer, Two Spirit, Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC), Hispanic, Indigenous, Latina/e/o/x, For All, Multicultural Location
Anchorage, AK Arciniega Street is a Latinx-owned, LGBTQ-owned, and woman-owned production company based out of Anchorage, Alaska. We specialize in storytelling through TV, Film & Web production, culture-bearing and community-building events and entertainment, creative design and development, and artistic collaboration.
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AK, For All Location
Anchorage, AK Rasmuson Foundation works to promote a better life for Alaskans.
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AK, Alaska Native, American (US) Location
Anchorage, AK The largest statewide Native organization in Alaska, the Alaska Federation of Natives (AFN) represents more than 140,000 Native peoples – about one out of every five Alaskans. Formed in 1966 to settle land claims, AFN continues to be the principal forum and voice of Alaska Natives in addressing critical issues of public policy and government.
Its membership includes 175 federally recognized tribes, 155 village corporations, 11 regional corporations, and 12 regional nonprofit and tribal consortiums that contract and compact to run federal and state programs. AFN is governed by a 38-member board, which is elected by its membership at the annual convention held each October. AFN's mission is to enhance and promote the cultural, economic and political voice of the entire Alaska Native community.
Its membership includes 175 federally recognized tribes, 155 village corporations, 11 regional corporations, and 12 regional nonprofit and tribal consortiums that contract and compact to run federal and state programs. AFN is governed by a 38-member board, which is elected by its membership at the annual convention held each October. AFN's mission is to enhance and promote the cultural, economic and political voice of the entire Alaska Native community.
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AK, For All, Multicultural Location
Anchorage, AK The Alaska Humanities Forum is a non-profit, non-partisan organization that designs and facilitates experiences to bridge distance and difference – programming that shares and preserves the stories of people and places across our vast state, and explores what it means to be Alaskan.
Founded in 1972, the Forum represents and serves Alaska as one of 56 state and territorial councils supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and as a member of the Federation of State Humanities Councils.
Founded in 1972, the Forum represents and serves Alaska as one of 56 state and territorial councils supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and as a member of the Federation of State Humanities Councils.
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AK, American (US), Settler Location
Soldotna, AK Local-history museum in the woods with vintage log structures, including a former school. Soldotna, Alaska
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AK, For All Location
Gustavus, AK Our mission is to educate a diverse generation of citizens, stewards, and leaders through immersive courses in the communities and wildlands of S’íx’ Tlein (Icy Strait) and Sít’ Eeti Gheeyí (Glacier Bay).
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AK, Haida, Tlingit / Lingít Location
Juneau, AK The Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska (Tlingit & Haida) is a tribal government representing over 36,000 Tlingit and Haida Indians worldwide. We are a sovereign entity and have a government to government relationship with the United States.
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AK, For All Location
Talkeetna, AK We create and nurture community-based opportunities for artistic expression. We value diversity, artistry, and community. Denali Arts Council is a non-profit organization with a focus on arts opportunities by and for the community.