Adelheid Herrmann

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| name = Adelheid Herrmann

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1953|4|15}}

| birth_place = Levelock, Alaska, U.S.

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Antioch University
University of La Verne {{Small|(D.Ed.)}}

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| occupation = Politician, educator

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| state_house = Alaska

| district = 26th

| term = 1983–1989

| party = Democratic

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Adelheid Herrmann (born April 15, 1953) is a Dena'ina Athabaskan researcher and politician.{{cite web |title=Adapting to Climate with NOAA RISA in the Carolinas and Alaska |url=https://cpo.noaa.gov/Serving-Society/News/ArtMID/8270/ArticleID/2571/Adapting-to-Climate-with-NOAA-RISA-in-the-Carolinas-and-Alaska |website=Climate Program Office |date=28 October 2021 |access-date=13 August 2022}} She is a shareholder in the Bristol Bay Native Corporation, one of the 13 Alaska Native corporations.

Early life and education

Herrmann is the granddaughter of Charles Herrmann (1893–1959) and Anna Gartelman Herrmann. Charles Herrmann was born in Kiel, Germany, migrated to San Francisco in 1910, and found employment in the Bristol Bay area of Alaska. Anna Gartelman was Aleut woman from Nushagak.{{cite web |last1=Goforth |first1=J. Pennelope |title=Bristol Bay Pioneer Shipwright Charles Herrmann |url=https://alaskahistoricalsociety.org/bristol-bay-pioneer-shipwright-charles-herrmann/ |publisher=Alaska Historical Society |access-date=1 August 2022 |date=22 February 2014}}

Adelheid was born in Levelock, Alaska on April 15, 1953,{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VN5KAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Adelheid+Herrmann%22+1953|title=Alaska Blue Book|date=1987|publisher=Division of State Libraries and Museums|via=Google Books}} and grew up in Naknek, where she attended Bristol Bay High School (1966-1970).{{Cite web |title=100 Years of Alaska's Legislature |url=https://akleg.gov/100years/bio.php?id=1163 |access-date=2025-02-01 |website=akleg.gov}} She earned a degree in public policy, fisheries, and Native American studies (1999) from Antioch University and a D.Ed. in organizational leadership with an emphasis in fisheries and oceans (2013) from the University of La Verne in California.

Career

From 1983 to 1989 Herrmann was a member of the Alaska House of Representatives, representing Naknek for the Democratic Party in the 13th, 14th and 15th legislatures.{{cite web |title=Adelheid Herrmann |url=https://www.alaskapacific.edu/people/adelheid-herrmann/ |website=www.alaskapacific.edu |publisher=Alaska Pacific University |access-date=1 August 2022}}{{cite book |title=[Roster of all members] |publisher=Alaska State Legislature |pages=61–66 |url=https://akleg.gov/docs/pdf/ROSTERALL.pdf |access-date=1 August 2022}}{{cite web |title=Committee/Member Information 32nd Legislature |url=https://www.akleg.gov/basis/mbr_info.asp?session=all#H |website=www.akleg.gov |publisher=Alaska State Legislature |access-date=1 August 2022}}

{{As of|February 2025}} she is a post-doctoral research assistant at the International Arctic Research Center (IARC) at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, where her areas of expertise are climate adaptation and social science;{{cite web |title=Personnel Directory |url=https://uaf-iarc.org/about-iarc/personnel-directory/ |website=uaf-iarc.org |publisher=International Arctic Research Center. |access-date=12 February 2025}} she is working on a project "with the goal of building the capacity of rural communities to respond and adapt to climate change"{{Cite web |title=Adelheid Herrmann |url=https://www.uaf.edu/experts/adelheid-hermann.php |access-date=12 February 2025 |website=Experts Guide |publisher=University of Alaska Fairbanks |language=en}} She is also a member of the Council of Elders of Alaska Pacific University, a body whose mission is "to support, strengthen, and ensure the development, integration, and prioritization of encompassing Alaska Native knowledge, language, values, perspectives, history, and concerns in education at Alaska Pacific University". As a member of the Council of Elders, Herrmann aims to implement the "tribal college concept" which places Native Alaskans themselves as the head of their educational path.{{cite web |title=Elders Council |url=https://www.alaskapacific.edu/history/presidents-office/elders-council/ |website=www.alaskapacific.edu |publisher=Alaska Pacific University |access-date=1 August 2022}}