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David Koester, an associate professor of anthropology at the University of Alaska at Fairbanks, was quoted in an Associated Press story that ran Aug. 14, 2006, in the Casper (Wyo.) Star Tribune. "Humble, historic cabin reels anthropologists in" was a feature about the Rainey-Skarland cabin, which has served as home to anthropologists (including Frederica de Laguna, a past AAA president) since 1936 and a center for researchers studying the history of Alaska's indigenous populations. The university's anthropology department decides who lives in the cabin, and typically, it's faculty. "These are all the people who developed the understanding of Eskimo prehistory…Anybody who gets to live there, in the Anthropology Department, really feels the historical weight that goes with living there," Koester was quoted as saying. He lived in the cabin for more than two years, shortly after moving to Fairbanks.
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