Nominations open for Angayuqaq Oscar Kawagley Award for Contributions to Native Ways of Knowing
Dr. Angayuqaq Oscar Kawagley was a Yupiaq scholar who served 25 years as faculty with the University of Alaska Fairbanks. It is our honor each year to present the Angayuqaq Oscar Kawagley award to a person or group that exemplifies the values Angayuqaq worked so hard to celebrate.
Nominations for the Angayuqaq Oscar Kawagley Award for Contributions to Native Ways of Knowing are now open. The deadline for nominations is March 1, 2023.
Nominations of potential candidates can be or forwarded to cstopkok@alaska.edu.
In recognition of Dr. Angayuqaq Oscar Kawagley's inimitable role in articulating the significance of Indigenous knowledge systems, ways of knowing and worldviews in the contemporary world, the Alaska Native Knowledge Network established the AOK Award in his honor.
The AOK award is presented annually to recognize and encourage Indigenous scholars who have made exemplary contributions to our understanding of Indigenous knowledge systems and Native ways of knowing in Alaska.
Please fill out to submit your nominee for the 2023 Angayuqaq Oscar Kawagley Award. This award will be presented at the 2023 Center for Cross-Cultural Studies graduation celebration event in May 2023.