Place Names as Evidence for Historic Resource and Property Rights Among the Tlingit
Place Names as Evidence for Historic Resource and Property Rights Among the Tlingit: An Interactive Approach
Project Details
- Keywords: place names, Tlingit, Juneau, Alaska Native
- Student Investigator:
Elise Sorum-Birk
- Faculty Mentor: Glenn D. Wright, Ph.D.
Abstract
My goal was to create an interactive app of Tlingit place names in the Juneau area in order to use it as a tool for education and resource management. The secondary objective was to write an academic paper about the project and to present at the Alaska Native Studies Conference in Fairbanks.