Biddison, Dawn
Museum Specialist
Dawn Biddison is the Museum Specialist at the Alaska office of the Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center. Since 2002, she works with Alaska Native Elders, scholars, culture-bearers and artists on collaborative heritage projects, which began with museum exhibition and website work and continues with community-based documentation and revitalization residencies, workshops and public programs. Examples of this work are available online at the Smithsonian Learning Lab website "Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center in Alaska" and on YouTube at the "Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Alaska channel."
Positions
- Museum Specialist, Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center, Alaska office 2002 -
Geographic Focus
- Alaska Continent
Background And Education
Education And Training
- M.A. in Anthropology, University of Alaska Fairbanks 2000 - 2002
- B.A. in Psychology, Anthropology, Columbia University , Columbia College 1987 - 1991
- University College London , Anthropology Department 1989 - 1990
Awards And Honors
Publications
Selected Publications
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Audio-Visual Document
- Biddison, Dawn and Crowell, Aron. (Director). 2022. Voices from Cedar. [DVD/YouTube] Produced by Biddison, Dawn. Arctic Studies Center, Smithsonian Institution. 2022
- Biddison, Dawn. (Director). 2020. Material Traditions: Weaving a Yup'ik Issran (Grass-Carrying Bag). [DVD, YouTube] Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Alaska. 2020
- Biddison, Dawn. (Director). 2019. Material Traditions: Athabascan Moosehide Tanning and Sewing. [DVD, YouTube] Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Alaska. 2019
- Biddison, Dawn. (Director). 2017. Twining Cedar: Annette Island Tsimshian Basket Weaving. [DVD, YouTube] Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Alaska. 2017
- Biddison, Dawn. (Director). 2016. Material Traditions: Sculpting Ivory. [DVD, YouTube] Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Alaska. 2016
- Biddison, Dawn. (Director). 2015. Material Traditions: Sewing Gut. [DVD, YouTube] Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Alaska. 2015
- Biddison, Dawn. (Director). 2014. Material Traditions: Dene Quill Art. [DVD, YouTube] Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Alaska. 2014
- Biddison, Dawn. (Director). 2013. Material Traditions: Sewing Salmon. [DVD, YouTube] Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Alaska. 2013
- Crowell, Aron L. and Biddison, Dawn D. . (Director). 2012. The Art of Aleutian Islands Bentwood Hats. [DVD, YouTube] Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Alaska. 2012
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Book
- Listen and Learn: Iñupiaq Language and Culture Video Lessons. Ed. Biddison, Dawn. 2014
- Listen and Learn: St. Lawrence Island Yupik Language and Culture Video Lessons. Ed. Biddison, Dawn. 2014
- Crowell, Aron L., Worl, Rosita, Ongtooguk, Paul C., and Biddison, Dawn D. . 2010. Living Our Cultures, Sharing Our Heritage: The First Peoples of Alaska. Washington DC: Smithsonian Books. 2010
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Review
- Biddison, Dawn. 2009. [Book review] "Thin Ice: Inuit Traditions within a Changing Environment by Nicole Stuckenberger, ed." Museum Anthropology, 32, (2), 149–150. 2009
Editor Of
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Book
- Shutt, Lauren, Biddison, Dawn, and Crowell, Aron L. 2014. Listen and Learn: Iñupiaq Language and Culture Video Lessons, Crowell, Aron L. and Biddison, Dawn, editors. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office. 2014
- Shutt, Lauren, Biddison, Dawn, and Crowell, Aron L. 2014. Listen and Learn: St. Lawrence Island Yupik Language and Culture Video Lessons, Crowell, Aron L. and Biddison, Dawn, editors. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office. 2014
- Crowell, Aron L., Worl, Rosita, Ongtooguk, Paul C., and Biddison, Dawn D. , editors. 2010. Living Our Cultures, Sharing Our Heritage: The First Peoples of Alaska. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books. 2010
- Crowell, Aron L., Worl, Rosita, Ongtooguk, Paul, and Biddison, Dawn D. , editors. 2010. Living Our Cultures, Sharing Our Heritage: The First Peoples of Alaska. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Books. 2010
Contact
Location
- National Museum of Natural History Academic Department
