Sven Haakanson
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Sven Haakanson, Jr. is an American anthropologist, and the Executive Director of the Alutiiq Museum in Kodiak, Alaska
Kodiak, Alaska
Kodiak is one of 7 communities and the main city on Kodiak Island, Kodiak Island Borough, in the U.S. state of Alaska. All commercial transportation between the entire island and the outside world goes through this city either via ferryboat or airline...

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He graduated from the University of Alaska Fairbanks
University of Alaska Fairbanks
The University of Alaska Fairbanks, located in Fairbanks, Alaska, USA, is the flagship campus of the University of Alaska System, and is abbreviated as Alaska or UAF....

, with a bachelor's in English in 1992, and from Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...

with a Ph.D. in Anthropology.
Since 2002, he serves on the Alaska Native Science Commission.
He appears in the film Grizzly Man.

He is married to Balika; they have a daughter, Eilide.

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