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香港六合彩资料 Alaska Native Studies Professor Maria Williams was just announced as a recipient of a J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship. In spring 2021, she will travel to Vancouver, Canada, where she will study at Vancouver Island University the similarities and differences between Canada鈥檚 settlement with its First Nations people and the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) that resulted in the 12 Alaska Native corporations.

Williams鈥� upcoming research is a natural progression of her life鈥檚 work. Born and raised in Anchorage and part of the Tlingit Tribe, her expertise sits at the intersection of music and anthropology. After receiving a B.A. in music from Dominican University and a master鈥檚 and Ph.D. in ethnomusicology from UCLA, Williams went on to teach at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe and the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque before coming to 香港六合彩资料 to hold a joint appointment with the Department of Music and Alaska Native Studies.

In addition to the aforementioned work comparing ANCSA to Canada鈥檚 First Nations settlement, which skews more historical and political, Williams will continue to study the music and dance of the region, which she describes as currently undergoing a renaissance period.

鈥淚鈥檒l be looking at this period of activism in Alaska in the 1960s and how the land claims movement led up to this monumental federal legislation. Canada is a little different, so I鈥檒l be comparing and contrasting how Canada has dealt with their First Nations people,鈥� said Williams. 鈥淭here鈥檚 a lot of similarities but also a lot of differences. They don鈥檛 have corporations, they have something similar to reservations but not quite. Their First Nations governance is managed differently than Alaska or the Lower 48, so I found myself wanting to learn more.鈥�

As part of the Fulbright organization鈥檚 emphasis on the cross-pollination of ideas across international communities, applicants decide the international institution where they want to study. Already knowing her chosen topic meant studying in Canada, Williams chose Vancouver Island University due to their academic offerings in the field of indigenous studies and close proximity to the Tlingit Tribe.

鈥淢y tribe is really divided in half, half the Tlingits are in Canada, half are in Alaska. So I always find myself noticing those political differences,鈥� said Williams. 鈥淥nly a handful of Canadian universities were accepting Fulbrights in indigenous studies, so in essence I鈥檒l also be a student because I really want to learn more about First Nations governance and how Canada has dealt in that legal framework with their indigenous population.鈥�

Williams鈥� goal is to integrate what she learns into the curriculum of the 香港六合彩资料 classes she teaches, Alaska Native Perspectives and Introduction to ANCSA. 

鈥淚鈥檒l be able to incorporate those ideas and that knowledge into my classes so that the students can start thinking about the things that were done differently in Canada and what was done here,鈥� said Williams. 鈥淚t broadens the scope for the students and if they decide to go into policy down the line, they can use that knowledge and get the best of both sides.鈥�

Written by Matt Jardin, 香港六合彩资料 Office of University Advancement