Vera Metcalf
Vera Kingeekuk Metcalf ni mwalimu na mtetezi anayejulikana kwa kazi yake ya kuhifadhi mila na lugha ya Wenyeji wa Alaska. mnamo 2019 alichaguliwa kwa Ukumbi wa Umaarufu wa Wanawake wa Alaska.
Maisha na Elimu
[hariri | hariri chanzo]Metcalf alizaliwa Sivungap(savoonga) katika kisiwa cha St. Lawrence, Alaska. [1]Wakati wa masomo yake kisiwani aliwahi kuwa msaidizi wa mwalimu, na alitafsiri masomo katika lugha ya Yupik ili kushiriki na wanafunzi darasani.[2]Mnamo 1991, Metcalf alipata shahada yake ya kutoka Chuo Kikuu cha Alaska Fairbanks.
Kazi
[hariri | hariri chanzo]Wakati akifanya kazi kwa Bering Straits Foundation, Metcalf alifanya kazi ya kurejesha mabaki yaliyoshikiliwa na Jumba la kumbukumbu la Fairbanks na Taasisi ya Smithsonian.[3]Kupitia kazi yake takriban mabaki 1000 yalirudishwa katika Kisiwa cha St. Lawrence chini ya Sheria ya Ulinzi na Urejeshaji wa Makaburi ya Wenyeji wa Marekani.[4][5]
Mnamo mwaka wa 2002, Metcalf alitajwa kama mkuu wa Tume ya Walrus ya Eskimo, na katika jukumu hilo anafanya kazi kudumisha haki za uwindaji wa kujikimu wa walrus[6] na kuchonga pembe za ndovu na watu wa jamii ya Wenyeji wa Alaska.[7][8]
Mnamo mwaka wa 2015, Metcalf ilifanya kazi na Idara ya Jimbo la Merika kuanzisha usafiri bila visa katika Mlango-Bahari wa Bering ili kuruhusu watu katika eneo hilo kutembelea wanafamilia katika eneo hilo kwa urahisi zaidi.[9][10]
Marejeo
[hariri | hariri chanzo]ed as the head of the Eskimo Walrus Commission,[1] and in that role she works to maintain rights of subsistence hunting of walrus[5][6] and carving of walrus ivory by members of the Alaskan Native community.[
While working for the Bering Straits Foundation, Metcalf worked on the repatriation of remains held by the Fairbanks Museum and Smithsonian Institution.[2] Through her work almost 1000 remains were returned to St. Lawrence Island under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.[3][4]
- ↑ "Vera Metcalf | Alaska Women's Hall Of Fame". www.alaskawomenshalloffame.org (kwa American English). Iliwekwa mnamo 2023-05-20.
- ↑ "Vera Metcalf | Alaska Women's Hall Of Fame". www.alaskawomenshalloffame.org (kwa American English). Iliwekwa mnamo 2023-05-20.
- ↑ Hamblin, Andrew; Morrison, Dawn (2019-09-24). "Air Force Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) review and summary, 2019".
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ↑ "AAA Engages on NAGPRA". Anthropology News. 45 (6): 39–39. 2004-09. doi:10.1111/an.2004.45.6.39.2. ISSN 1541-6151.
{{cite journal}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ↑ Jacobson, Steven A. (2004). "Krupnik, Igor and Lars Krutak, 2002 Akuzilleput Igaqullghet Our Words Put to Paper. Sourcebook in St. Lawrence Island Yupik Heritage and History, compiled and edited by Igor Krupnik, Willis Walunga (Kepelgu) and Vera Metcalf (Qaakaghlleq), Washington, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Arctic Studies Center, 460 pages". Études/Inuit/Studies. 28 (2): 231. doi:10.7202/013210ar. ISSN 0701-1008.
- ↑ "Vera Metcalf | Alaska Women's Hall Of Fame". www.alaskawomenshalloffame.org (kwa American English). Iliwekwa mnamo 2023-05-20.
- ↑ "Bering Strait: Walruses and Saxitoxin—late summer/fall 2017". 2017-11-17.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ↑ Lisa Demer Updated: October 5, 2017 Published: October 4, 2017. "Walruses adapt to loss of sea ice and are not endangered, feds say". Anchorage Daily News (kwa Kiingereza). Iliwekwa mnamo 2023-05-20.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ Vesti.ru (2015-07-23). "U.S. and Russia introduce visa-free travel for Chukotka and Alaska". Russia Beyond (kwa American English). Iliwekwa mnamo 2023-05-20.
- ↑ "Small thaw in U.S.-Russian relations at the Alaska frontier", Washington Post (kwa American English), 2023-04-10, ISSN 0190-8286, iliwekwa mnamo 2023-05-20