The Island Institute, located in the town of Sitka on
Alaska’s Baranof Island, will host its 15th annual symposium on
human values and the written word, June 18-24 , this time devoted
to A Culture to Sustain Us: Creating a Center that Holds. Speakers
include Cecilia Martz, a bilingual Cup’ik Eskimo educator, and Ray
Rasker, a Montana economist with the Sonoran Institute, among
others. May 22 is the deadline for submitting manuscripts on topics
related to culture, ecology and economics. Contact the Island
Institute, Box 2420, Sitka, AK 99835 (907/747-3794), or by e-mail:
island@ptialaska.net.
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline A Culture to Sustain Us: Creating a Center that Holds.
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