April Laktonen Counceller, Ph.D.
Employment: Language Manager at Alutiiq Museum & Archaeological Repository
Education: B.A. Anthropology & American Civilization; M.A. Rural Development; Ph.D. Interdisciplinary Program in Language Planning and Indigenous Knowledge Systems
Location: Kodiak, AK
Contact e-mail: AprilCounceller@yahoo.com
Other Interests: Linguistics, Anthropology, Heritage Revitalization, and Museum studies
April Laktonen Counceller
KEF Mentor
April Laktonen Counceller, Ph.D., also known as Isiik, is an enrolled tribal member of the Native Village of Larsen Bay, and resides in Kodiak, AK. She received her B.A. in Anthropology and American Civilization from Brown University in 2002, her M.A. in Rural Development from University of Alaska, Fairbanks, in 2005, and her Ph.D. in Fall, 2010 from the University of Alaska, Fairbanks Interdisciplinary Program in Language Planning and Indigenous Knowledge Systems. She has worked in the Education and Language Departments at the Alutiiq Museum and Archaeological Repository in Kodiak, AK since 2002, and currently manages the Language Program and is in charge of Alutiiq language documentation, education, and revitalization. April is happy to be a resource for careers and higher education related to linguistics, anthropology, heritage revitalization, and Museum studies. She has a library of academic articles and sources related to Indigenous and community research methods, language revitalization and planning, Arctic cultures, and much more.
Contact April Counceller
KEF students may contact this Mentor at AprilCounceller@yahoo.com.
