QAGAN TAYAGUNGIN TRIBE CULTURE CAMP July 15, 2013 – July 25, 2013

QAGAN TAYAGUNGIN TRIBE CULTURE CAMP

July 15, 2013 – July 25, 2013

Instructors• Carla Chebetnoy – Camp

Director

• Sally Swetzof – Regalia & Language

• Sharon Kay – Basket Weaving

• Shalene Jackson - Bering Sea Headdress

• Karis Porcincula – Dance and Full Crown Headdress

• Elizabeth Chebetnoy – Dance

• Patricia Gregory – Bentwood Hat

• Peter Devine Jr. – Bentwood Hat and Traditional Foods

• Teresa Smith – Traditional Foods and Fish Racks

Instructors• Anne Morris – Traditional Foods

• Lydia Vincler– Drums

• Carla Chebetnoy – Beading

• Josephine Shangin– Language

• James Kaiser – Stained Glass

• Eileen Dushkin– Elementary Head Teacher

• Kim Johansen– Elementary Class Assistant

• Ingrid Harold– Fish and Wildlife Instructor

• Bona Robinson – FWS Volunteer

Apprentice Instructors

Alania Kuchenoff Keomi Chrim

Apprentice Instructors

Bobbie Dushkin Apprentices in action…

FWS/Youth Conservation Corp and the Rose Urban Rural Exchange

1 FWS instructor

1 FWS Volunteer

4 YCC Workers

4 Exchange Teachers

Regalia• 6 Started

• 5 Completed, 3 started in a previous year

• 4 had weaves and panels added

Regalia – FWS Pelt donation

Basket Weaving• 12 New baskets started

• 6 completed

• 4 baskets started in previous years were completed

Dance• 4 Groups

• Group 4: third and fourth grade

• Group 3: new all day camp students

• Group 2: intermediate

• Group 1: advanced

Dance

Bering Sea Headdress• 15 New headdresses

started

Full Crown Headdress• 10 New headdresses

started

• 8 worked on from previous years

• 17 completed

Bentwood Hats• 73 Hats completed

Bentwood Hats

Traditional Foods• Expanded this year:

• Smokehouse construction, smoked salmon, ukla, drying rack construction, octopus, bidarkies, sea eggs, kelp, seal butchering and preparation, salted salmon, pickled salmon, geese plucking/cooking, jelly, aladax

Traditional Foods

Fish Racks & Smokehouse

• 29 drying racks completed & donated to local elders

Drum Making• 61 drums completed

of various sizes

Stained Glass• 60 projects started

and completed

Beading

• 31 beaded glass balls completed

Elementary Classes

• 31 students Kindergarten through fourth grade

Adult Classes• 40 adults

Adult Classes

The CooksAnne Morris and Jamal Berntsen

Final Potluck• All students perform

• Instructors and students donate artwork

• Auction done to raise funds for camp, $6,300

Instructor Survey – What was good?

Classes went well and students seemed to learn a lot

Things were planned well, well organized The food was awesome! Very pleased with all the different

classes offered Camp is maintained well, operates

smoothly

Instructor Survey – What Could We Improve?

More space Better storage More equipment More time More traditional foods More history of culture wrapped into

projects Use of language in all classes

Thank you Sand Point!

• Many parents and volunteers provided salads, desserts, and side dishes to supplement lunch and dinner

• Some community members brought dry fish and smoked fish to share with camp

• The School District let instructors borrow the district vehicle

• Trident Seafoods provided meat for the meals cooked during camp

• Sergio Porcincula, Max Chebetnoy, and Brett Stokes for setup and taking down of the weather ports, and loading/packing up equipment for camp.

Thank you Sponsors!

• U.S. Department of Justice

• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services

• Aleutians East Borough• NAHASDA Crime

Prevention Grant• The Aleut Corporation• The Unga Tribe• Shumagin Corporation• City of Sand Point• Rose Urban Rural

Exchange

• Sand Point Silver Salmon Derby

• Aleutian Housing Authority

• Trident Seafood’s• Eastern Aleutian Tribes• Peter Pan Seafood’s• Aleutian Pribilof Island

Association• Alaska Commercial• FV Buldaro