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Dawn Biddison
Museum Specialist (Arctic Studies Center)Department / Division
Education
- B.A., Columbia University
- M.A., University of Alaska Fairbanks
Research Interests
Alaska Native cultures, arts and languages; museum anthropology
Publications
Video / DVD
- Biddison, Dawn and Crowell, Aron. (Director). 2022. Voices from Cedar. [DVD/YouTube] Produced by Biddison, Dawn. Arctic Studies Center, Smithsonian Institution.
- Biddison, Dawn. (Director). 2020. Material Traditions: Weaving a Yup'ik Issran (Grass-Carrying Bag). [DVD, YouTube] Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Alaska.
- Biddison, Dawn. (Director). 2019. Material Traditions: Athabascan Moosehide Tanning and Sewing. [DVD, YouTube] Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Alaska.
- Biddison, Dawn. (Director). 2017. Twining Cedar: Annette Island Tsimshian Basket Weaving. [DVD, YouTube] Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Alaska.
- Biddison, Dawn. (Director). 2016. Material Traditions: Sculpting Ivory. [DVD, YouTube] Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Alaska.
- Biddison, Dawn. (Director). 2015. Material Traditions: Sewing Gut. [DVD, YouTube] Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Alaska.
- Biddison, Dawn. (Director). 2014. Material Traditions: Dene Quill Art. [DVD, YouTube] Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Alaska.
- Biddison, Dawn. (Director). 2013. Material Traditions: Sewing Salmon. [DVD, YouTube] Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Alaska.
- Crowell, Aron. (Director). 2012. Listen and Learn: Iñupiaq Language and Culture Video Lessons. [DVD, YouTube] Produced by Biddison, Dawn. Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Alaska.
- Crowell, Aron L. and Biddison, Dawn D. . (Director). 2012. The Art of Aleutian Islands Bentwood Hats. [DVD, YouTube] Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Alaska.
- Crowell, Aron. (Director). 2011. Listen and Learn: St. Lawrence Island Yupik Language and Culture Video Lessons. [DVD, YouTube] Produced by Biddison, Dawn. Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Alaska.
Book
- Shutt, Lauren, Biddison, Dawn, and Crowell, Aron L. 2014. Listen and Learn: St. Lawrence Island Yupik Language and Culture Video Lessons, Crowell, Aron L. and Biddison, Dawn, editors. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office.
- Shutt, Lauren, Biddison, Dawn, and Crowell, Aron L. 2014. Listen and Learn: Iñupiaq Language and Culture Video Lessons, Crowell, Aron L. and Biddison, Dawn, editors. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office.
- Crowell, Aron L., Worl, Rosita, Ongtooguk, Paul C., and Biddison, Dawn D. , editors. 2010. Living Our Cultures, Sharing Our Heritage: The First Peoples of Alaska. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books.
- Crowell, Aron L., Worl, Rosita, Ongtooguk, Paul, and Biddison, Dawn D. , editors. 2010. Living Our Cultures, Sharing Our Heritage: The First Peoples of Alaska. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Books.
- Crowell, Aron L., Worl, Rosita, Ongtooguk, Paul C., and Biddison, Dawn D. . 2010. Living Our Cultures, Sharing Our Heritage: The First Peoples of Alaska. Washington DC: Smithsonian Books.
Book Review
- Biddison, Dawn. 2009. [Book review] "Thin Ice: Inuit Traditions within a Changing Environment by Nicole Stuckenberger, ed." Museum Anthropology, 32, (2), 149–150.