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Not in Our Smokehouse! NOT IN OUR SMOKEHOUSE! FIRST ALASKANS INSTITUTE ELDERS & YOUTH CONFERENCE OCTOBER 12-14, 2015 2015 Elders and Youth Conference Dena’ina Civic & Convention Center in Anchorage, Alaska Aang – Awa’ahdah aandaa’laxsa’a’ch’t – Cama’i – Chin’an Gu Nin Yu – Enaa Neenyo – Paġlagivsigiñ – Ts’lm’wii’amhaw – Quyana Tailuci – Quyakamsi Tagilghiisi – Daneyosh – Nakhwal’in Shoo Ihłii – Quyana Taaluten – Tats Gwiik – Tsen’ii, Shign’ahdal – Ugheli Nanghal’aeni – Waqaa – Yak’ei Haat Yigoode’e – Yuxudz Yuxogh Srigisddheyh Go Ninuxdatl – Thank You For Coming First Alaskans Institute is so honored to host the 32nd statewide convening! The concept for our theme “Not in Our Smokehouse!” was first put forward by village youth, and represents the protection and love we feel for our peoples and our Alaska Native Ways of Life. Our ‘smokehouse’ is like our bodies, our minds, and our spirits when cared for; what is created within nourishes us, our families, and our communities. While you are here, we encourage you to feed the fire inside, be open to new ideas, build new skills, and develop relationships with old and new friends from across our beautiful homelands! Together, we honor our Ancestors as we use the strength, love, creativity, innovation, and knowledge they endowed us with, to help one another and to advance our cultures into perpetuity. We ask that during these sessions, you really focus on what you are feeling, learning, and experiencing so that throughout the conference and beyond you can bring these cultural strengths, tools, and insights with you. We thank you ahead of time for your thoughtful participation in the dialogues, because no matter the age, our Native peoples always have such good knowledge to share. We want you to have fun, help each other—especially our precious Elders—take time to really listen to each other during the dialogues, make room for quieter voices, uplift and encourage our youth, and share your beautiful smiling faces as much as you can because we wait all year to see you! Willie Hensley (Iñupiaq) Elizabeth Medicine Crow (Haida/Tlingit) Board Chair President/CEO Dewey Hoffman (Koyukon) Ella Tonuchuk (Yup’ik) Leadership Development Director Leadership Development Coordinator 1 Keynote Speakers Gregory Fratis, Sr. Mr. Fratis is an esteemed Unangax̂ Elder from the Pribilof Islands and he resides in St. Paul, Alaska. As a fluent speaker of his eastern dialect of Unangam Tunuu language, he has passed on the Unangax̂ cultural practices to his people for decades, including as a language circle host at the Elders & Youth Conference. Mr. Fratis continues to work with the younger generation to instill values that will lead to healthy lives. He is a hunter and provider for his community, has held several leadership positions, and currently serves on the St. Paul Tribal Council. Lacayah Engebretson Ms. Engebretson is an Ahtna Athabascan, Yup’ik, and Tlingit young woman from the villages of Chistochina and Tazlina in the Copper River Valley and Kake in Southeast Alaska. Her parents are Liana Charley and Greg Engebretson. Her maternal grandparents are Lemmie & Edna Charley, and her paternal Grandparents are AJ & Michelle Engebretson. Lacayah is 18 years old and just graduated from Glennallen High School. She currently attends the University of Alaska Anchorage in pursuit of a bachelor’s in Elementary Education as a tool to merge Ahtna and Western curriculum. She believes that students do not have to separate the two societies to be successful. She uses poetry to navigate through her own life, and is now being given opportunities to help others discover their own strengths and assets. Board of Trustees First Alaskans Institute Team Willie Hensley (Iñupiaq), Board Chair Mitzi Bolaños (Cuban), AmeriCorps VISTA, Development Assistant Sam Kito Jr. (Tlingit), Vice Chair Joy Demmert (Tlingit), Administrative Coordinator Valerie Davidson (Yup’ik) Sec./Treas. Heather Gatti (Tlingit), Indigenous Research Assistant Sven Haakanson, Jr. (Sugpiaq) Dewey Hoffman (Koyukon), Leadership Dev. Director Albert Kookesh (Tlingit) Colin McDonald (Yup’ik), Sustainability Assistant Sylvia Lange (Aleut/Tlingit) Elizabeth Medicine Crow (Haida/Tlingit), President/CEO Oliver Leavitt (Iñupiaq) Jorie Paoli (Iñupiaq), Organizational Advancement Director Georgianna Lincoln (Athabascan) Andrea Sanders (Yup’ik), Alaska Native Policy Center Director Bryon Mallott (Tlingit), Senior Fellow Ella Tonuchuk (Yup’ik), Leadership Dev. Coordinator Darlene Trigg (Iñupiaq), Social Justice Manager Morris K. Thompson (Athabascan) Emily Tyrrell (Yup’ik/Iñupiaq), Sustainability Director In Memoriam Kyle Wark (Tlingit), Indigenous Researcher & Policy Analyst 2 Daily Conference Agenda Pre-Conference - Sunday Afternoon, October 11th 3-5pm Registration- Foyer on the 3rd Floor (Avoid the Line Monday morning!) Monday, October 12th 7:30am Onsite Registration Opens– Foyer on the 3rd Floor 8:00 Arts & Opps Showcase opens in the Idlughet Exhibit Hall 1st floor Exhibitors, Arts and Crafts Booths 8:30 Conference Blessing - Tikahtnu Ballroom Live Broadcast and Webcast Begins 8:35 Opening Message by Eklutna Chief Lee Stephan (Dena’ina Athabascan) 8:45 Posting of the Colors – Alaska Native Veterans Society 8:50 Welcome from First Alaskans Institute 9:05 Conference Overview & Call for Young MC’s & Ambassadors 9:30 Keynote Address - Lacayah Engebretson (Ahtna, Yup’ik, Tlingit) 9:50 Plenary Dialogue Session K’EEŁUGHE! QUICKLY! – Elder Youth Friendly Physical Activity 10:30 Community Doers Unite! The Power of Being a ‘Doer’ 10:40 Your Voice: Action, Advocacy, and the 2015 Elders & Youth Resolutions 11:00 Regional Dialogue Sessions: Elect Statewide E&Y Council members 12:00 Lunch on your own. On air coverage continues - interviews, etc. 1:00 Reconvene & Door Prize Drawing 1:05 Announcement of new 2015-2016 Statewide Elders & Youth Council 1:15 Qikiktagruk Northern Lights Dancers from Kotzebue 1:45 A Calling to Serve & Forget Me Not - Samuel Johns (Ahtna) 1:50 Bring Back Our Languages-AK Native Language Pres. & Advisory Council 2:00 Release for IndiGenius: Track One SEE PAGE 5 3:45 Transition to Conference Workshops: Track One SEE PAGES 5 & 6 5:30 Daytime Session Adjourns 7-10pm Chin’an: A Night of Cultural Celebration! Tikahtnu Ballroom TELEVISED Tickets are $5.00 at Registration or At the Door 3 Tuesday, October 13th 8:00am Onsite Registration Open – Foyer on the 3rd Floor 8:30 Opening Blessing, Announcements, & Door Prize Drawing Live Broadcast and Webcast Begins 8:40 Kodiak Alutiiq Dancers 9:10 Keynote Address - Gregory Fratis, Sr. (Unangax̂ ) 9:30 Plenary Dialogue Session 9:55 Special Presentation: Conservation Hero Award to Katie John Crystal Leonetti (Yup’ik) & Karen Clark with U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service 10:00 Living Alaska Native Values - Sierra Shangin (Unangax̂ /Sugpiaq) 10:05 Use your Cell Phone to Tell a Story-Mark Trahant (Shoshone-Bannock) 10:50 Hello Elders & Youth Fairbanks! (Video Conference) 11:00 Hello from AFN to the 2015 FAI Elders & Youth Conference! KIITA! LET’S GO! – Elder Youth Friendly Physical Activity 11:20 Generation Indigenous! 11:30 Plenary Dialogue Session 11:50 2015 Elders & Youth Conference Resolutions Reading 12:00pm Lunch On Your own OR Ilisaġvik College Lunch and Learn - Kahtnu 1 1:00 Door Prizes & Announcements 1:15 Yurapik Dance Group from Alakanuk AMPII! HURRY UP! – Elder Youth Friendly Physical Activity 1:55 Adoption of the 2015 Elders & Youth Resolutions 2:00 Release for IndiGenius: Track Two SEE PAGE 6 3:45 Transition to Conference Workshops: Track Two SEE PAGE 7 6:30-9:30 Teen Dance -1st Floor (Chaperone needed for registered youth) Assimilation - TUBUGHNENQ’ 3-5 (A play by Jack Dalton Followed by Healing Dialogue) Wednesday Morning, October 14th 8:30am Barrow Dancers 9:00 Men’s House (TUBUGHNENQ’ 3-5) OR Women’s House (BALLROOM) 11:30 Closing Ceremony: Retire Colors, Grand Door Prizes, Song & Dance SEE YOU AT THE 2016 ELDERS & YOUTH CONFERENCE IN FAIRBANKS! 4 TRACK ONE MONDAY, 2:15pm-3:45pm Alaska Native Song and Dance (Lyle & Kolene James) IDLUGHET 3 Practice traditional drumming and singing from Southeast Alaska. BACK Usage of Plants OR Native Tattooing (Assoc. AK Native Healers/Marjorie Tahbone) IDLUGHET 3 Learn to harvest & process plants into food & medicine OR traditional tattoo methods. FRONT Aturyaraq - Singing from Within (Aassanaaq Kairaiuak & Polly Andrews) TIKAHTNU A Using a Yup’ik chant, learn to sing together and come to a special place. Weaving OR Beading (Della Cheney/Rochelle Adams) IDLUGHET 2 Practice Southeast weaving OR Interior beading. Indigenous Beats (Torin Jacobs a.k.a. RiverFlowz) TUBUGHNENQ’ 5 Learn how to turn your musical ideas into a recording. Drum Making (Beckie Etukeok) TIKAHTNU E Build mini drums from start to finish. Kenaege’ Circle (Grant Rebne) TUBUGHNENQ’ 3 Learn and practice the Ahtna language. Siberian Yupik (Linda Gologergen) TUBUGHNENQ’ 3 Learn and practice the Siberian Yupik language. Dena’ina Athabascan Circle (Marilyn Ballutta) TUBUGHNENQ’ 4 Learn and practice the Dena’ina Athabascan language. Unganam Tunuu Circle (Moses Dirks) KAHTNU 1 Learn and practice the Unangam Tunuu (Aleut) language. Sugcestun Circle (Candace Branson) KAHTNU 2 Learn and practice the Sugpiaq (Alutiiq) language. Writing Effective Grants (Laurie Wolf, Foraker Group - support from The CIRI Foundation) BOARDROOM Gain skills to write strong, competitive grants for your non-profit or Tribal organization. BOTH TRACKS * Open to registered EY participants and registered special guests 2:15–5:30pm TRACK ONE MONDAY, 4:00pm-5:30pm College
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