Honoring Alaska’s First Peoples: Alaska Native Place Names and Land Acknowledgement

Nov 23, 2021 | Event

Join PRSA Alaska for its December professional development event focused on honoring and acknowledging Alaska’s first peoples through use of Alaska Native places names and land acknowledgements.

Michael Fredericks, president of design firm SALT, and Aaron Leggett, president of the Native Village of Eklutna, will present on their project incorporating Native language signage on Anchorage trails and landmarks. Watch this excellent short video introducing their project.

Willow Hetrick, executive director of Chugach Regional Resources Commission, will present about land acknowledgement and how businesses/organizations can incorporate it ethically. Read CRRC’s official land acknowledgement statement.

Date: Thursday, Dec. 9
Time: Noon to 1 p.m.
Register: Here!

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