Author William E. Simeone (Bill) has lived in Alaska for almost 50 years. During that time, he has worked as a VISTA Volunteer in the Yup’ik community of St. Michael, a lay worker for the Episcopal Church in the Athabascan community of Tanacross, a construction worker on the Trans Alaska Pipeline, and a paralegal for Alaska Legal Services.
After receiving his Ph.D. in anthropology from McMaster University, he worked as a consulting anthropologist and from 1995 to 2010 as subsistence resource specialist and regional supervisor for the Division of Subsistence, Alaska Department of Fish and Game.
Bill has worked with Ahtna for more than 20 years on fish and game issues and documenting many facets of Ahtna culture and history. Most recently he coAuthor William E. Simeone (Bill) has lived in Alaska for almost 50 years. During that time, he has worked as a VISTA Volunteer in the Yup’ik community of St. Michael, a lay worker for the Episcopal Church in the Athabascan community of Tanacross, a construction worker on the Trans Alaska Pipeline, and a paralegal for Alaska Legal Services.
After receiving his Ph.D. in anthropology from McMaster University, he worked as a consulting anthropologist and from 1995 to 2010 as subsistence resource specialist and regional supervisor for the Division of Subsistence, Alaska Department of Fish and Game.
Bill has worked with Ahtna for more than 20 years on fish and game issues and documenting many facets of Ahtna culture and history. Most recently he co-authored an article on the Sub-Arctic for volume one of The Handbook of American Indians, published by the Smithsonian Institute....more