Qagan Tayagungin Tribe Culture Camp
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QAGAN TAYAGUNGIN TRIBE CULTURE CAMPJuly 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