This web site is meant to present information developed in our community-planning trip to the Russian Far East. It includes observations of important issues, descriptions of skills developed during the facilitation, a narrative of the process employed, completed action plans for the community and a listing of some lessons learned. University of Alaska Department of Alaska Native and Rural Development graduate students were introduced to indigenous cultures in Chukotka, Russia and learned about their development needs and other important issues in Chukotka communities. Students were involved in hands-on facilitation of community development planning sessions in the Chukotkan villages of Lorino and New Chaplino. The Healthy Community process was utilized in the sessions.
The primary
objectives of the trip were:
- To
expose Rural Development MA students to issues facing indigenous
peoples in Chukotka, Russia
- To
provide Rural Development MA students with the opportunity to meet
and establish future contacts with indigenous peoples from Chukotka
- To
develop an appreciation for the global context in which Alaska Native
communities and their issues and challenges fit by finding comparisons
between the villages visited in Chukotka and villages in Alaska
- To
experience the implementation of the Healthy Community process in
a cross-cultural context by a hands-on facilitation of sessions
with community members
[Issues
and Skills Developed During the Trip] [Community
Introduction] [Community Web] [Sacred
Values] [Future Visioning] [Barriers]
[Community Resources] [Action
Plans] [Lessons Learned] [Photographs]
