Teaching a Yupik Eskimo Village to Map Climate Change Impacts

Teaching a Yupik Eskimo Village to Map Climate Change Impacts

Located in Western Alaska at approximately 59 degrees latitude and within one mile of the Bering Sea, Quinhagak is a quintessential Yupik Eskimo community of about 600 individuals who care deeply about preserving their heritage. This article, by Stephen C. Brown of the University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service and Terence Reeve with the University of Alaska Fairbanks Marine Advisory Program, details how the community took advantage of an Esri 4-H Train the Trainer Grant and other resources to conduct a three-week-long GPS/GIS course. They trained four youth and four adults to use these skills to map archeological sites and environmentally sensitive areas.