tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11192233344218238932011-04-21T12:44:03.186-07:00Gregory Lukinnoreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1119223334421823893.post-88310455923056392232008-11-12T00:24:00.000-08:002008-11-12T01:01:41.535-08:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre; font-family:'Lucida Grande';font-size:11px;">Alphonse Pinart was a French explorer who traveled to the Aleutians, and Kodiak Island. He believed that people migrated to America via the Aleutian chain, so he went to the Aleutians to research the theory.</span><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;font-family:'Lucida Grande';font-size:11px;">Below is a link that has a little background info about Pinart but not much.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;font-family:'Lucida Grande';font-size:48px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:11px;">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphonse_Pinart</span><br /></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1119223334421823893-8831045592305639223?l=sugpiathistory.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Gregory Lukinnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1119223334421823893.post-54422869778061480262008-11-11T02:32:00.000-08:002008-11-11T02:50:34.209-08:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre; font-family:'Lucida Grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Alphonse Pinart Came to the Aleutians in 1872 to collect information on the language and culture of the native people of the Aleutians and Kodiak Island. Along the way he collected Traditional Masks. These masks are on display - on temporary loan from France - at the Anchorage Museum. I had a chance to view these masks and they are very interesting and much larger then i imagined. Here is a link that has some info on the exhibit. - http://alutiiqmuseum.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=blogcategory&amp;id=93&amp;Itemid=127 -</span></span><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;font-family:'Lucida Grande';font-size:11px;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1119223334421823893-5442286977806148026?l=sugpiathistory.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Gregory Lukinnoreply@blogger.com1