Baxter Bond Keynote Speaker at Alaska Native Research and Resiliency Event
ACEP’s Baxter Bond and ÎÞÂëÂÒÂ×’s Walkie Charles, associate professor of linguistics, were the keynote speakers in the 2nd Annual event.
The event, held in Nome, brought together people from across Alaska to focus on Alaska Native community strengths, build capacity to do research by and for Alaska Native people, and to identify what youth, communities and institutions are doing to strengthen culture and well-being.
Bond, a staff member at ACEP and an adjunct instructor teaching introductory Yup'ik grammar, is the president of the and the drummer and song leader for the Iñu-Yupiaq Dance Group.
Baxter Bond was a keynote speaker at the ANCHRR event last week in Nome. Photo by JR Ancheta.