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Judith Dax̱ootsú Ramos, M.A.T.

Judith Dax̱ootsú Ramos, M.A.T.

Assistant Professor, Northwest Coast Arts

Arts and Sciences — Humanities

Education

  • B.A Anthropology
  • Master of Arts Teaching, Adult Ed.
  • Ph.D. Indigenous Studies (in-Progress)

Research Interests

  • Traditional Ecological Knowledge
  • Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA)
  • Traditional Place Names
  • Ethnohistory
  • Tlingit & Eyak Language
  • Traditional Foods and Plants

Courses Taught

Northwest Coast Arts, Alaska Native Studies

Biography

Judith’s Dax̱ootsú Ramos is Tlingit from Yakutat, Alaska. She worked for Yakutat Tlingit Tribe as an anthropologist. She is a co-curator for the Northwest Coast Hall renovation at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. Her publications include: Ramos, J. (2020). Tlingit Hunting along the Edge: Ice Floe Harbor Seal Hunting in Yakutat Bay, Alaska., A. Crowell (ED.), Arctic crashes: People and animals in the changing north. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Scholarly Press; “This is Kuxaankutaan’s (Dr. Frederica de Laguna’s) Song” with Elaine Abraham: and “Traditional Ecological Knowledge of Tlingit People Concerning the Sockeye Salmon Fishery of the Dry Bay Area” with Rachel Mason. 

Daughter of Elaine Abraham and George Ramos, mother of Kai Abraham Monture and Maka Jinatlaa Monture.

Office Hours

Wednesdays 11-12pm

Judith Dax̱ootsú Ramos, M.A.T.

Assistant Professor, Northwest Coast Arts

Arts and Sciences — Humanities

Judith Dax̱ootsú Ramos, M.A.T.