Anthropology emeritus Stephen Langdon honored for work with Alaska Native history and culture

by Michelle Saport  |   

UAA Professor Emeritus Steve Langdon honored at Sealaska Heritage Institute

From left, Sealaska Heritage Culture and History Director Chuck Smythe, visiting lecturer Steve Langdon, and SHI President Rosita Worl stand in the lobby of the Walter Soboleff Building in Juneau on Nov. 8, 2017. Photo by Nobu Koch, courtesy of Sealaska Heritage

Please join UAA in congratulating Professor Emeritus of Anthropology Stephen J. Langdon, who received several honors this fall for his work with Alaska Native culture.

In October, Alaska Federation of Natives (AFN) bestowed Langdon with the Denali Award during the AFN Convention at the Dena'ina Center in Anchorage. The Denali Award serves to recognize a non-Native person for dedicated service to the Alaska Native community and to rural Alaska. Only two other individuals have received the award since its launch in 2001.

In November, the Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) presented Langdon with a copper tinaa necklace engraved with his Tlingit name, clan (G̲aanax̲.ádi) and clan crest (Woodworm) for his meritorious work and contributions to Southeast Alaska Native history and culture. He was honored following a lecture, titled Ḵaal.áx̱ch's Endeavors: A Preeminent Jilkáat Tlingit Leader and the Coming of the Americans, he gave as part of SHI's Native American Heritage Month series.

These recent accolades join a long list of other honors for Langdon, including the UA Foundation's Edith R. Bullock Prize for Excellence for his work in academia and throughout Alaska.

Read more about Professor Langdon and his research in the Green & Gold archives:

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