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April 14, 2019

NN Cannery History Project Jukebox is Live

April 14, 2019

FAIRBANKS, AK – The NN Cannery History Project in collaboration with The University of Alaska Fairbanks produce ten interviews that best speak to work activities associated with the cannery’s historic structures to create a “Histories of Fisheries and Canneries in Alaska” Project Jukebox.

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April 14, 2019

December 6, 2018

Bristol Bay High School Student Film Accepted into the Anchorage International Film Festival Youth Competition

December 6, 2018

ANCHORAGE, AK –Naknek student filmmakers--Kaeli Pulice and Ashlynn Young--have been accepted into the Anchorage International Film Festival and Alaska Teen Media Institute annual Youth Film Festival for their entry, “Cannery Art.”

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December 6, 2018

March 18, 2018

When Sailboats Ruled Bristol Bay

March 18, 2018

One hundred and thirty-two years ago, the Bristol Bay commercial fishery began on the shores of the Nushagak River when the first cannery went into operation and canned a little more than 4,000 salmon.

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March 18, 2018

January 4, 2018

Cannery History Project | Awarded Second Round of Federal Funding

January 4, 2018

The NN Cannery History Project, through the State of Alaska’s Office of History and Archeology, will receive federal funding as part of an effort by the National Park Service to shine a spotlight on the contributions of underrepresented communities to our nation’s history. It is one of thirteen projects across the country awarded funding, totaling $500,000.

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January 4, 2018

November 16, 2017

NEH | Creating Humanities Communities Grant

November 16, 2017

<NN> Cannery History Project was just awarded an NEH Creating Humanities Grant to revive, reunite and raise awareness for the multi-cultural working community that has existed in canneries throughout the Pacific slope for over a century.

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November 16, 2017

September 28, 2017

Approaching the Centennial of an Epidemic

September 28, 2017

The deadly influenza pandemic known as the Spanish Flu, killed millions of people world wide but hit Alaska particularly hard.

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September 28, 2017

August 1, 2017

NN Cannery Project Receives Support from Federal Grant for Historical Preservation

August 1, 2017

Trident Seafoods and Tundra Vision were awarded a grant from the National Endowments for Humanities for the NN Cannery History Project that aims to revive, reunite and raise awareness for the multi-cultural community that has existed in canneries through the Pacific slope for over a century.

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August 1, 2017

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The NN Cannery History Project is a grassroots public history endeavor that, through the historical lens of work, aims to share the oft-forgotten stories of the multitudes of people who canned salmon in Alaska and created an ethnically diverse, economically vital, cannery culture.

Donations to the <NN> Cannery Project can be made to the BRISTOL BAY HERITAGE LAND TRUST 501(c)3 Nonprofit EIN# 31-1721762

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The NN Cannery History Project is a grassroots public history endeavor that, through the historical lens of work, aims to share the oft-forgotten stories of the multitudes of people who canned salmon in Alaska and created an ethnically diverse, economically vital, cannery culture.

Donations to the <NN> Cannery Project can be made to the BRISTOL BAY HERITAGE LAND TRUST 501(c)3 Nonprofit EIN# 31-1721762

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designed by LaRece Construction

The NN Cannery History Project is a grassroots public history endeavor that, through the historical lens of work, aims to share the oft-forgotten stories of the multitudes of people who canned salmon in Alaska and created an ethnically diverse, economically vital, cannery culture.

Donations to the <NN> Cannery Project can be made to the BRISTOL BAY HERITAGE LAND TRUST 501(c)3 Nonprofit EIN# 31-1721762

﻿Copyright 2020

designed by LaRece Construction

Copyright 2020