Скачать или смотреть Cultural Thursday 11/4/2021 The Very First Americans - Gary Payne, Sociology Instructor, CLC

In conjunction with Native American Heritage month, the Cultural Thursday’s series will have CLC Sociology instructor Gary Payne present "The Very First Americans: Alaskan Indians' Struggle for Cultural Survival in a Wilderness Paradise" on Thursday Nov. 4 at both 12 p.m. and 7 p.m. in lecture hall E354.

Who were the people that first set foot on American soil more than 12,000 years ago? Why did they live in such a difficult climate? How did they react to being taken over, first by the Russians and then the United States?

In three trips to Alaska, CLC sociologist Gary Payne constructed the story by studying letters and photos from Alaska's museums and the Alaskan Historical Society documents. He then added his own images of Alaska's magnificent terrain and wildlife to animate a story rarely told.