• uanl Inside the Life and Culture of Kodiak Island Copyright © May 2004 by Iluani magazine. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any Ineans without prior permission of Iluani Magazine, 722 Mill Bay Road, Kodiak, AK 99615, excepting brief quotes used in connection with reviews written specifically for inclusion in a magazine or newspaper. Printed for Iluani by AT Publishing & Printing, Inc., 1720 Abbott Road, Anchorage, Alaska 99507 Cover photos: Large photo of Nick Alokli (Photo: courtesy of Nick Alokli), Floyd Anderson (Photo: Misty Larionoff), Ouzinkie Hydroelectric Generator (Photo: Geremy Clarion) Cover Layout: Marcella Amodo and Jonathan Brandel under the guidance of Janelle Peterson This issue of Iiuani is dedicated to all of those whose stories are recorded in this magazIne.• Nick Alokli Jay Kaiser Marvin Bartleson, Jr. Paul Panamarioff Marvin Bartleson, Sr. Florence Pestrikoff Dave Campfield Olga Pestrikoff larry Chichenoff Wanda Price Tania Chichenoff Betty Reid Rolf Christiansen Jimmy Skonberg Paul Delgado Alma Soderberg Aaron Ellison Melvin Squartsoff George Inga Thank you for sharing your stories. This book would not exist without your help. Iluani Inside the Life and Culture of Kodiak Island Iluani Staff: Marcella Amodo Scott DeTorres Jon Panamarioff Ryan Amodo Gabe Edwards Amber Panamarioff Clara Anderson Donene Eluska Larissa Panamarioff Curt Azuyak Martha Ann Johnson Amanda Phillips Kirsten Balluta Shelly Johnson Devin Skonberg Channi Bartleson Rodney Knagin Charles Simeonoff Jonathon Brandal Timothy Kimmel Amanda Squartsoff Wesley Christiansen Lucas Kahutak Lisa Squartsoff Phillip Christman Samantha Kahutak Shea Sargent Fawn Chya Josh Larionoff Lars Ursin Geremy Clarion Misty Larionoff Josh Wilson Matt Delgado Site Advisors: Akhiok: Geoff Bechtol Chiniak: Ned Griffin Old Harbor: Jennifer Simeonoff, Peggy Stoltenberg Ouzinkie: Jerry Sheehan Port Lions: Bernice Will Coordinators: Eric Waltenbaugh Sally Wilker Table Of Contents Are You Ready for the Challenge? ........................................................................ 6 Fawn Chya A Terrible Tragedy Never Forgotten ................................................................... 10 Chantelle Bartleson and Lisa SquartsofJ Ouzinkie Roads ..................................................................................................... 14 Scott DeTorres and Josh Lariono..O' They Put Your Culture Inside You ...................................................................... 16 Curt Azuyak Have You or a Family Member Ever Battled Alcohol Addiction? ................... 18 Josh Wilson Power to the People .............................................................................................. 20 Matt Delgado and Geremy Clarion My Life as a Teenager .......................................................................................... 23 Amber Panamario..ff and Clara Anderson A Summer in Port Hobron ................................................................................... 26 Wesley Christiansen Can't Do Too Many High Kicks When You're 80 Years Old ............................ 29 Phillip Christman, Gabe Edwards, Tim Kimmel, and Shea Sargent That's the Toughest Job I Ever Had ................................................................... 32 Kirstin Balluta and Lovett Panamarioil From Boys to Men ................................................................................................ 34 Martha Ann Johnson and Larissa Panamarioff Generational Change ............................................................................................ 37 Marcella Amodo, Donene Eluska, and Samantha Kahutak Life as a Fisherman .............................................................................................. 40 Jon Panamarioff and Devin Skonberg A Landmark Saved ............................................................................................... 44 Amanda SquartsofJ and Lars Ursin That's the Way We Grew U p ............................................................................... 47 Ryan A modo, Dustin Berestoff, and Amanda Phillips Alitak Reindeer Company ................................................................................... 49 Lucas Kahutak and Charles Simeonoj( We've Come a Long Ways ................................................................................... 50 Michelle Johnson Peace and Quiet in Camel's Rock ....................................................................... 52 Misty LarionojI Terror Lake ........................................................................................................... 54 Jonathon Brandel and Rodney Knagin Acknowledgments The week of April 18th-23rd, 2004 marked the second Oral History Layout and Design Workshop. High school students frOlTI Old Harbor, Ouzinkie, Port Lions, Akhiok, and Chiniak all gathered in Kodiak with oral history articles they had written. The purpose of the week was to publish the fourth & finest issue of Iluani magazine. Throughout the week we worked on the layout and design of our oral history articles. We couldn't have done it without the help of many people. A special thanks goes to Dave Kubiak for his continued support of the oral history project by sharing his time, energy, wisdOlTI, and teachings regarding publication with us. You inspired us to take pride in our work. Another thank you goes to Janelle Peterson for providing information on how to enhance photographs using Adobe Photoshop. Without Ms. Peterson's artistic eye the magazine would not be as pleasing to your eyes or as visually powerful. Cherie Osowski (Kodiak Daily Mirror) taught us basic publishing skills using Adobe PageMaker, while Wes Hanna and Adam Lesh gave us the opportunity to view the jobs they and the other employees do inside the Mirror. We also want to thank Deborah Carver for copy-editing and doing the final editing on our articles, and Betsy Lund for also proofreading. A special thanks to KANA for their financial support for our housing, and the Kodiak Baptist Mission for letting us house with thelTI during this intense week. Thank you to the Kodiak College for providing a facility for us to prepare the magazine for publishing, especially the use of the computer lab. We want to thank Melissa Olson and Melissa Miller for transporting the snacks and the lunches to the College. Keeping us well fed during our long days was important. Thanks to David Lussenhop for using his time to do morning activities with us to get our day started, and to Teri Schneider (The Kodiak Island Borough School District) for paying for our transportation and food with grant momes. Thank you to Patrick Salton stall (Alutiiq Museum) for e-mailing SOlTIe of the photographs that are being used for the magazine. Finally, we want to thank the Senior Center for allowing us to share our accomplishments with them at our evening potluck and presentation. All monies from the sale of the magazine beyond the cost of printing will be withheld to continue with the publication of the n1agazine in the future. Best Wishes, Shea Sargent, Iluani Staff Member, Chiniak 2004 Ill/ani Magazine Staff Well, this year's lIuani staff has done it once again Forward - spent hours upon hours of interviewing, transcribing, stOIY writing, photographing, designing, editing, and proofreading their work. As we come together each spring to do the layout and design, the largely unnoticed energy that has been poured into these articles throughout the year blossoms into the document you hold in your hands. This is somewhat of a rite of passage for rural high school students. They have dug their roots into the stories of the elder people of their communities, and through this collaborative work have produced this magazine, evidence of the richness of the soil and the springing forth of their own growth. This is the fourth magazine I have had the pleasure of helping students produce, and it is by far the most brilliant work T have seen from them. Their work needs no introduction - the quality stands proudly on its own, facing the sun. Enj oy, Eri c Waltenbaugh Are You Up For The Challenge? Stories trom Olga Festrikott's child raising ~ears. smg Island and children, moved to ~re you up Old Harbor for the challenge? in 1975 Parents go where she through tough raised her times raising family of children, but after Olga with her daughtel"s 5tace.':), Zora, Allison, seven. Larissa G e rie. interviewing Olga, and Ms.Pestrikoff the memOlies brought up seem wOlth it. I am enjoying my teen years, butl her chi ldren the same way she was brought up. will one day also be a parent. Olga Pestrikoff Olga is also the head teacher of our school. shared with me some of her family stories. I Because of her experience with kids and the love could tell they brought back so many wonderful she has for them, I thought she would know a lot memories. They made her laugh so hard it about the topic. She describes the kids she brought tears to her eyes! I look forward to the raised: "They're all hard workers - most of them day when I can laugh at my own family are hard workers - they like to have fun . They memOties. contribute to theirconmlUnities and do volunteer I am from a family of five, which includes work." two younger siblings. Olga raised five children of In my family I have a lot of her own and two others. I wanted to hear a responsibilities. I do dishes, buy my own gas for mother's point of view on raising chi ldren in our my Honda, do my own laundry, help keep