Adelheid Herrmann (born April 15, 1953) is a Dena'ina

Athabaskan Athabaskan (also spelled ''Athabascan'', ''Athapaskan'' or ''Athapascan'', and also known as Dene) is a large family of indigenous languages of North America, located in western North America in three areal language groups: Northern, Pacific C ...

researcher and politician. She is a shareholder in the

Bristol Bay Native Corporation Bristol Bay Native Corporation, or BBNC, is one of thirteen Alaska Native Regional Corporations created under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971 (ANCSA) in settlement of aboriginal land claims. Bristol Bay Native Corporation was incorp ...

, one of the 13 Alaska Native corporations.

Early life and education

Herrmann is the granddaughter of Charles Herrmann (1893–1959) and Anna Gartelman Herrmann. Charles Herrmann was born in Kiel, Germany, migrated to San Francisco in 1910, and found employment in the

Bristol Bay Bristol Bay ( esu, Iilgayaq, russian: Залив Бристольский) is the easternmost arm of the Bering Sea, at 57° to 59° North 157° to 162° West in Southwest Alaska. Bristol Bay is 400 km (250 mi) long and 290 km, ( ...

area of Alaska. Anna Gartelman was Aleut woman from Nushagak. Adelheid was born in

Levelock, Alaska Levelock ( esu, Liivlek) is a census-designated place (CDP) along the Kvichak River in Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska, Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States. It was known by the indigenous name of Kivichakh, a variant of ''Kvichak' ...

on April 15, 1953, and grew up in Naknek, where she attended Bristol Bay High School. She earned a degree in public policy, fisheries, and Native American studies (1999) from Antioch University and a D.Ed. in organizational leadership with an emphasis in fisheries and oceans (2013) from the University of La Verne in California.

Career

From 1983 to 1989 Herrmann was a member of the Alaska House of Representatives, representing Naknek for the Democrat Party in the 13th, 14th and 15th legislatures. she is a post-doctoral research assistant at the International Arctic Research Center (IARC) at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, where her areas of expertise are climate adaptation and social science. She is also a member of the Council of Elders of

Alaska Pacific University Alaska Pacific University (APU) is a private university in Anchorage, Alaska. It was established as Alaska Methodist University in 1957. Although it was renamed to Alaska Pacific University in 1978, it is still affiliated with the United Methodi ...

, a body whose mission is "to support, strengthen, and ensure the development, integration, and prioritization of encompassing Alaska Native knowledge, language, values, perspectives, history, and concerns in education at Alaska Pacific University".

References

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