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Anchorage, Alaska \u2013 First Alaskans Institute\u2019s 37th Annual Elders & Youth Conference (Elders & Youth) will begin on Sunday, October 11 and close out on Wednesday, October 14 in a reimagined and culturally-enriched virtual environment. Our 2020 Elders & Youth theme, \u201cAsirqamek Apruciluta\u201d (Sugt\u2019stun, Chugach), \u201cAsisqamek Aprut\u2019liluta\u201d (Alutiiq) assures us that we are moving in the right direction \u2013 physically in our real world today and symbolically in life. Its translation into English, \u201cWe Are Making a Good Path,\u201d confirms our ancestral responsibilities, and through Elders & Youth, our keynotes and conferences guides will help us do this together:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Elder Keynote<\/strong><\/h5>\n
Dr. Rev. Traditional Chief Trimble Gilbert (Gwich\u2019in) will be joined by his beloved wife, Mary. They are from Vashr\u0105\u012f\u012f K’\u01eb\u01eb (Arctic Village). He is a Tribal Leader, an Episcopal priest, a Native knowledge and culture bearer, and Gwich\u2019in teacher. He is the Second Traditional Chief and spiritual leader for Tanana Chiefs Conference and the 52 Athabascan Tribes that they serve. He serves as an Elder Advisor for the Alaska Federation of Natives and the Doyon annual shareholders meeting. He was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Alaska Fairbanks, where he often serves as an Elder and mentor in classes bridging Western knowledge taught in the classroom with our lives in rural communities. Trimble is also a well-known fiddle player.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Youth Keynote<\/strong><\/h5>\n
Kiley Kanat\u2019s Burton (Eyak\/Aleut\/I\u00f1upiaq\/Koyukon) is 15 years old, and her Eyak name, Kanat\u2019s, means little wolverine. She currently lives in Cordova. Her parents are James Burton and Diana Riedel. She attends Cordova Jr.\/Sr. High School and hopes to work in the science field as a surgeon or a marine biologist. She enjoys hunting, commercial fishing, skin sewing, sports, and fashion. Kanat\u2019s appreciates her culture, way of life, and traditions that have been carried on through the generations. She looks up to her mom, aunt Raven Cunningham, and grandma Monica Riedel because of the cultural knowledge they have shared with her.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Conference Guides<\/strong><\/h5>\n
Dustin Unignax Newman (Unangax\u0302\/Deg Hit\u2019an) lives in Anchorage and has family roots in the communities of King Cove and Anvik. His maternal grandparents are the late Rudy Demoski and Agnes Beaver and paternal grandparents are the late Robert Newman and Clara Smith. He is a kayak builder, storyteller and dancer with the Anchorage Unangax\u0302 Dancers. Unignax currently serves as the Youth Services Coordinator at the Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Andrea Ts\u2019aak Ka Juu Cook (Haida) is from Hydaburg where she grew up berry picking and salmon fishing. She is a graduate of Mt. Edgecumbe High School and attending the University of Alaska Southeast where she is working toward a degree in Northwest Coast Art. She comes from a long line of carvers and hopes to become a carver one day. Ts\u2019aak Ka Juu is a dance group member of Xaadaas Diigwii of Juneau. Most recently, she was a First Alaskans Institute intern placed at the Sitka Conservation Society.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Elders & Youth is only made possible with the love and support of our community, volunteers and sponsors. We are currently looking for volunteers to assist with kit packaging, video editing, social media monitoring, and registration. There are sponsorship opportunities available too!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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We encourage schools and communities to partner with us and consider participation in the conference as school attendance and as part of virtual school offerings for their students during this time of COVID-19. To be inclusive of our state Elders & Youth will also be livestreamed on our website and televised on GCI Channels 1 and 907, 360 North and ARCS.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Quyana for working with us in community and in partnership to bring our precious Elders and youth together! To get involved and for more information, please visit our FAI website at www.firstalaskans.org<\/a>, calling 907-677-1700 or emailing leadership@firstalaskans.org.<\/div>\n<\/div>","excerpt":"","slug":"first-alaskans-institutes-37th-annual-elders-youth-conference","image":false,"all_day":true,"start_date":"2020-10-11 00:00:00","start_date_details":{"year":"2020","month":"10","day":"11","hour":"00","minutes":"00","seconds":"00"},"end_date":"2020-10-14 23:59:59","end_date_details":{"year":"2020","month":"10","day":"14","hour":"23","minutes":"59","seconds":"59"},"utc_start_date":"2020-10-11 08:00:00","utc_start_date_details":{"year":"2020","month":"10","day":"11","hour":"08","minutes":"00","seconds":"00"},"utc_end_date":"2020-10-15 07:59:59","utc_end_date_details":{"year":"2020","month":"10","day":"15","hour":"07","minutes":"59","seconds":"59"},"timezone":"America\/Anchorage","timezone_abbr":"AKDT","cost":"","cost_details":{"currency_symbol":"","currency_code":"","currency_position":"prefix","values":[]},"website":"https:\/\/firstalaskans.org\/...\/announcing-the-2020-first...\/","show_map":true,"show_map_link":true,"hide_from_listings":false,"sticky":false,"featured":false,"categories":[],"tags":[],"venue":[],"organizer":[{"id":2016,"author":"2","status":"publish","date":"2020-10-09 11:07:09","date_utc":"2020-10-09 19:07:09","modified":"2020-10-09 11:07:09","modified_utc":"2020-10-09 19:07:09","url":"https:\/\/nativecouncil.org\/natrec\/?tribe_organizer=first-alaskans-institute-3","organizer":"First Alaskans Institute","slug":"first-alaskans-institute-3","phone":"907-677-1700","website":"www.firstalaskans.org","email":"leadership@firstalaskans.org","json_ld":{"@type":"Person","name":"First Alaskans Institute","description":"","url":"http:\/\/www.firstalaskans.org","telephone":"907-677-1700","email":"leadership@firstalaskans.org","sameAs":"http:\/\/www.firstalaskans.org"},"global_id":"nativecouncil.org\/natrec?id=2016","global_id_lineage":["nativecouncil.org\/natrec?id=2016"]}],"custom_fields":[],"json_ld":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Event","name":"First Alaskans Institute\u2019s 37th Annual Elders & Youth Conference","description":"<p>Anchorage, Alaska \u2013 First Alaskans Institute\u2019s 37th Annual Elders & Youth Conference (Elders & Youth) will begin on Sunday, October 11 and close out on Wednesday, October 14 in a reimagined and culturally-enriched virtual environment. Our 2020 Elders & Youth theme, \u201cAsirqamek Apruciluta\u201d (Sugt\u2019stun, Chugach), \u201cAsisqamek Aprut\u2019liluta\u201d (Alutiiq) assures us \u2026 <a class="continue-reading-link" href="https:\/\/nativecouncil.org\/natrec\/?tribe_events=first-alaskans-institutes-37th-annual-elders-youth-conference"> Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→ <\/span><\/a><\/p>\\n","url":"https:\/\/nativecouncil.org\/natrec\/?tribe_events=first-alaskans-institutes-37th-annual-elders-youth-conference","eventAttendanceMode":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OfflineEventAttendanceMode","eventStatus":"https:\/\/schema.org\/EventScheduled","startDate":"2020-10-11T00:00:00-08:00","endDate":"2020-10-14T23:59:59-08:00","organizer":{"@type":"Person","name":"First Alaskans Institute","description":"","url":"http:\/\/www.firstalaskans.org","telephone":"907-677-1700","email":"leadership@firstalaskans.org","sameAs":"http:\/\/www.firstalaskans.org"},"performer":"Organization"}}