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Kodiak Native Wellness News Kodiak Area Native Association Qik’rtarmiut Asiitmen Kodiak Native Wellness News Kodiak Area Native Association Promoting wellness & knowledge for Kodiak’s Native People Fall - Uksuaq 2008 Long-Term Elder Care Planning Grant awarded KANA is pleased to announce award of an Elder facilities available to Elders in our region, Late Elder Larry Matfay at rebuilt Care Initiative and Long-Term Care planning including long-term care options. We will ciqlluaq in Akhiok, courtesy of the grant from the Indian Health Service. We look specifically at how our Elders and their Alutiiq Museum. submitted a funding proposal in response to families are being served within each of our questions and requests from Elders and their communities, identifying gaps in coverage and families through our Elder advocacy efforts. other programmatic or facility needs. Our overall project goal is to produce a As we engage communities in our long-term plan based on documented needs, which planning process, we will seek meaningful demonstrates how development of new involvement by Elders, Elders’ families, programs and services can be part of a broader caregivers, and providers. Taking direction vision for Elder care in our region. from them, we hope to gain a better understanding of what assistance our Elders The grant will support KANA’s inventory need and what approaches or strategies will be and assessment of existing services and most effective. The result of our Elder Phyllis Peterson in Akhiok planning process will with her son, Philip Rastopsoff. be the production of Photo by Sven Haakanson, Jr, a Kodiak Elder Care courtesy of the Alutiiq Museum. Needs Assessment Report, summarizing our findings and preparing us to implement strategies in the second year of our Elder Care needs, setting us on the path toward our vision initiative. of Elder care in the Kodiak region. During our assessment We will be reporting on upcoming planning efforts process, we expect as the project develops. KANA is committed to to identify practical, improving the lives of our Elders and supporting achievable ways to families so that our Elders can live healthy lives, as improve or build upon independently as possible. available services. The strategies we develop Please contact Mike Pfeffer at 486-9810 for will address priority additional information about this initiative. Iluani Questions to ask your provider Inside about your medications: KANA Beneficiaries Long-Term Elder Care Planning 1 by Community President’s Letter 2 • What does my medication do? Memorial Tributes 2-3 • How and when should I take my medication? • For how long should I take my medication? Ouzinkie (160) Old Harbor (168) Board Profiles 3 • Is it safe for me to take this medication with Port Lions (121) Village Public Safety Officer Program 4 other drugs or dietary supplements? Larsen Bay (58) • Should I expect any side effects from my Provider Profile: Margene Andrus 5 Karluk (38) medication? Student Profile: Jared Nakasone 5 • Are there any risks associated with my Akhiok (42) medication? Kodiak Health Needs Assessment 6 (1706) Provider Profile: Dr. Anne Niebler 7 Ask your doctor about your medications. Your medications can only help if you take them as prescribed. If you are actively Contact Health FAQ 7 involved in your healthcare, you will understand why you need to Provider Profile: Heather Parker 8 take a medication and how to use your medication properly. Calendar 8 Wellness News Fall - Uksuaq 2008 Page 1 Glass ball on Chirikof photo by Mark Rusk, Memorial Tribute to courtesy of the Alutiiq Museum. Verna Ann Bennett, Ouzinkie Verna Ann, better know to family and friends as Tudi, was born and raised in Ouzinkie to Peter Wolkoff, Jr. and Christine Shanagin. Verna Ann President’s Letter had one other sibling, Sandra Muller, also from Cama’i, Ouzinkie. Verna Ann finished grade school Here at home on Kodiak Island, change is in Ouzinkie, and then upon us. Summer has turned to fall, frost is attended Mt. Edgecumbe on the windows, and snow is in the air. high school, where she completed high school As the seasons pass, we pause to remember and graduated in 1967. two who recently passed, two who contributed greatly to our community, “Papa” George Inga, After high school, she went on to further her education and trained as a Dental Sr. and “Tudi” Verna Bennett. Papa George Assistant at Sitka. After her training, she moved on to Dillingham, AK to work and Tudi were loved and cherished Elders who at the Kanaknik hospital. During her employment in the Dillingham region, she demonstrated through their actions the traits of met and married Phillip Bennett. They had one child, Christine Zoya. our culture, a culture of caring, of community and commitment. Their loss and the loss of so many other respected and After her husband’s untimely death, Verna and her daughter moved back to honored Elders are deeply felt here at the Kodiak Area Native Association. Ouzinkie, where she continued to live until her passing. Verna was a very dedicated volunteer in the community. She usually headed community Remembering them, and applying the lessons of their words and actions in our events, telling everyone what to do or not to do. She was a very good treatment of others and in the care we provide, makes their legacy stronger. organizer. She loved to bead, even if most of it was crooked and we all had to say how pretty it was to make her feel better. She assisted with the In remembering Papa George and Tudi, we look ahead to our future. KANA regalia for the Ouzinkie Alutiiq dancers. has renewed its commitment to providing enhanced service for our Elders. In an effort to recognize and serve the specific needs of all our Beneficiaries, Verna was a very loving and dedicated grandmother to her grandchildren. She we have strengthened our practices in Elder Advocacy. We’ve applied for and would attend every one of their events and would be the loudest to cheer at their have been awarded a Long Term Care planning grant to help KANA and our sports games, even to the point where some of the people wanted her removed community more adequately meet the needs of our Elders. from the gym. Another of her favorite pasttimes was bingo. No matter where she traveled, she would find a bingo hall or someplace to play casino slot games. We recognize that KANA serves a great and diverse group of Beneficiaries. We recognize that, since KANA was formed, the needs of Verna had so many accomplishments during her life that it would take another our communities have been constantly evolving. Above all, though, we whole page to fill. She is already missed within the community of Ouzinkie. recognize that, as we plan for our future, we must never forget our past. Some of the organizations she contributed to: Sincerely, • Ouzinkie Tribal Council Member, for over 2 decades • City of Ouzinkie • Ouzinkie Community Store • Ouzinkie Tribal NAHASDA Director, for over a decade Andy Teuber • KANA Board of Directors • SIDCO (Spruce Island Development Co.) Director • Village Response Team Member Board of Directors Our Hearts Are Broken Forever Speridon M. Simeonoff, Sr., Chairperson Deedee Christofferson, Member Tudi, our hearts are broken forever, Loretta Nelson, Vice Chairperson Al Cratty, Member people tell us that in time the pieces will eventually come back together. Alicia Lynn Reft, Treasurer Arnold Kewan, Member If this is true, though hard to believe now, there will always be a space, Olga M. Malutin, Secretary Alex Panamaroff, Jr., Member the piece to which has your name on its place. Phyllis Amodo, Member Margaret Roberts, Member Tears have been falling now for so long. Jill Boskofsky, Member When we think of your beautiful face, it all seems so wrong. You had so much to look forward to, and so much left to do. But God needed somebody in heaven who is as special as you. KANA’s Mission Nothing is the same now and we doubt it ever will be. You have been released from pain and suffering, you have been set free. The Mission of this tribal organization is to promote pride and self Your story has touched people, all ages, near and far. determination on the part of the sovereign and indigenous people of the On the night you were taken from us, in the sky was a long twinkling star. Kodiak Island area in their cultural heritage and traditions: Was that you telling us that you had reached home now? And from this life as we know it, it was time for you to take your final bow. • to preserve and promote their language, customs, folklore and arts; We miss your voice, your infectious laugh and hearing you sing. • to promote the educational, health, physical, and economic community; Fashion you loved and now you have new accessories, a pair of angel’s wings. The world has lost a wonderful, Mother, Grandmother, Sister, a true and amazing friend. • to prevent and overcome racial prejudice and its inequities; But maybe your goodness was needed to help and from heaven you needed to send. • and to restore effective self-government, reminding those who govern Tudi, you are always around us, engulfing us with your love. and those who are governed by their mutual and joint responsibilities. Giving us strength, keeping us close and watching over us from above.... Contributed by Sandra Muller Page 2 Fall - Uksuaq 2008 Wellness News Memorial Tribute to George Inga Sr., Old Harbor Papa, as he was known to most people, died Native Corporation for 25 peacefully on September 11, 2008, of natural causes. years. He was twice nominated He was born May 3, 1925, to Alexander and Fedosia for the prestigious Elder of Inga in Old Harbor, Alaska as one of 10 children.
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