Tag: New Archangel

A medical anthropologist explores the interaction of race and infectious disease in historic Sitka

by KCAW News | Nov 23, 2021 | The Morning Interview

Adam Kersch is a doctoral student in Cultural Anthropology at UC Davis. He'll be giving a lecture at noon on Wednesday, November 24, on 200 years of infectious diseases and colonialism in Sitka as part of a series on Southeast Alaska Native history in honor of Native American Heritage Month. Read More

German physician, naturalist leaves a Sitka legacy in journals

by Robert Woolsey, KCAW | Jul 5, 2018 | Local News, Syndicated

Not everyone who came to Russian-America in the 19th Century was Russian. A Baltic German physician named Heinrich Tiling was under contract with the Russian-American Company in Sitka on two separate occasions -- the second at the time of the Alaska Transfer. Recently, a descendant of the German doctor visited Sitka for the first time, to better understand her celebrated ancestor’s fascination with the region. Read More