Math in Indigenous Weaving - An Overview

Math in Indigenous Weaving
http://www.ankn.uaf.edu/Tlingit/MathinWeaving/
An Overview
http://www.ankn.uaf.edu/Tlingit/MathinWeaving/overview.html
BASKETRY RESOURCES ON THE WEB Compiled by Steve Henrikson
http://www.ankn.uaf.edu/Tlingit/MathinWeaving/resources.html
Tlingit Weaving Glossary
http://www.ankn.uaf.edu/Tlingit/MathinWeaving/glossary.html
Tlingit Elders Traditional Education Checklist
http://www.ankn.uaf.edu/Tlingit/MathinWeaving/educationchecklist.html
Math in Tlingit Art curriculum project Power Point slide show
http://www.ankn.uaf.edu/Tlingit/MathinWeaving/MathTlingitArt.html

See also
Tlingit Basketry: Art~Math~Technology:
http://uashome.alaska.edu/~jflmh/TlingitBaskets/

Andy Hope

July 2004



Approximately twenty educators gathered at the Sitka Campus of the
University of Alaska Southeast (UAS) in August 1999 for an Indigenous
Curriculum Development in Science Institute. Dr. Claudette
Engblom Bradley (UAF), Dr. Tom Thornton (UAS), Michael Travis, Dr.
Richard and Mrs.Nora Dauenhauer (Sealaska Heritage Foundation) served
as the Institute instructors.

The purpose of the institute was: (1) to develop classroom
adaptations of science lessons based on the Cultural Atlas (which
began in 1997 in the Southeast Region) and Axe Handle Academy (Which
began in 1996)curriculum projects; (2) To inform teachers about the
work of Tom Thornton, Michael Travis, Lydia George (Tlingit Elder)
and Jimmy George on the Angoon Cultural Atlas (which was produced in
1998); (3) To familiarize teachers with the bioregional, thematic
curriculum of the Axe Handle Academy developed by Richard and Nora
Dauenhauer (1996-present); (4) To provide teachers with field
experience with middle school student science projects at Dog Point
Fish Camp of Sitka, AK.; and (5) To facilitate development of science
curriculum for Southeast Alaska schools in the 1999-2000 school year.