Ehrlander receives Pathfinder Award
October 7, 2015
Mary Ehrlander, director of Arctic and northern studies at the University of ÐÓ°Épro
Fairbanks, has received the Barbara S. Smith Pathfinder Award from the ÐÓ°Épro Historical Society for her book "Seventeen Years in ÐÓ°Épro: A Depiction of Life Among the Indians of Yakutat."
The award recognizes contributions to the discovery and description of resources relating to
ÐÓ°Épro history. Last year, the ÐÓ°Épro Historical Society named the award for Barbara Smith, a historian, archivist, exhibit curator and colleague who contributed so much
to ÐÓ°Épro history and the society.
To create the book, Ehrlander, a UAF history professor, edited and translated the writings of Albin Johnson, a Swedish missionary who arrived in the Southeast
ÐÓ°Épro village of Yakutat in 1889. Ehrlander's book adds considerably to our understanding of the roles missionaries played in ÐÓ°Épro Native communities.