Sharing Our Knowledge: A Conference of Tlingit Tribes and Clans

这个奖项主要用于支持学生、阿拉斯加原住民长老和参加“分享我们的知识”会议的演讲人的旅行，该会议将于2012年3月29日至4月1日在阿拉斯加锡特卡举行。“分享我们的知识”会议是一个大型聚会，汇集了土著和非土著文化专家和学者、科学家、部族领袖、作家、诗人和艺术家，他们在研究、教育、知识和保存方面兼具西方和美洲土著的传统。组织者预计将有超过400名参与者和100名演讲者，包括生物学、传统生态知识、考古学、语言学、博物馆研究、文化人类学、教育、民族历史、人文科学和土著法律等方面的演讲。会议是学术学者、传统知识专家和学生与同事、学生、土著社区成员和公众分享想法、发现和方法的机会。邀请名单是特林吉特地区科学和传统知识领域的名人录；然而，大部分的经费是用来支持学生、长老和部族领袖参加会议。

This this award supports the travel of primarily students, Alaska Native Elders and presenters to the Sharing Our Knowledge conference, which will take place March 29-April 1, 2012 in Sitka, Alaska. The Sharing Our Knowledge conference is a large gathering of Native and Non-Native Cultural experts and scholars, scientists, clan leaders, writers, poets and artists, embracing both Western and Native American traditions of research, education, knowledge and preservation. The organizers anticipate over 400 participants and 100 presenters including presentations on biology, traditional ecological knowledge, archaeology, linguistics, museum studies, Cultural anthropology, education, ethnohistory, humanities, and indigenous law. The conference is an opportunity for academics scholars, traditional knowledge experts, and students to share idea, findings, and methodologies with colleagues, students, members of the Native community, and the public. The invitation list is a who's who in science and traditional knowledge in the Tlingit region; however, most of the funding is to support student, Elder, and Clan Leader participation in the conference.