"Growing Goodness": An Alaska Native Collection at Oberlin College

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What happens when an Alaska Native community leader and activist travels to a small Ohio college from the Arctic to receive an honorary degree? A special collaboration is born – – and an unforeseen opportunity to breathe new life into a nearly forgotten collection of cultural items that have been housed at Oberlin College for over 130 years.

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"Growing Goodness": An Iñupiaq Perspective on Oberlin's Alaska Native Collection

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Narrated by Natalie Korzh, OC '22 and Henri Feola, OC '22. Technical assistance by Heath Patten, Grace Elliott, and Luke McCann, OC '26.