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Camp Description
The Eastern Aleutian Tribes, Inc. sponsors week-long spirit camps in mid June near the village of Sand Point. Camp includes one week of overnight camp and one week of day camp. Activities include fishing, set netting, preparing fish, Aleut dancing, drum making, traditional arts and crafts, etc.
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Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska sponsors Camp Qungaayux in Unalaska. The camp is a Day Camp and will be a week in early August. The camp began as a way to teach children the local Unangan Culture. we try to instill in them an appreciation of the local way of living and of the local nature and environment, to give them a bigger picture of their own worlds that they come from. It is a time for Elders and Mentors to teach the younger generation what they have learned in their life and times, so they will be able to pass the Unangan Culture on to the next generation.T he focus for the camp will be to participate in subsistence activities with the Unangan Elders and Mentors providing guidance and teaching by example, cultural activities that focus on identifying plants and animals indigenous to Unalaska Island and surrounding islands. Campers will stay at the local hotel and will be transported to and from camp daily by camp vans.
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Ilisagvic College Iñupiaq Studies Program sponsors the Arctic Subsistence Education and Experience: Iñupiaq Land Use Values and Resources Culture Camp, which will be held in mid-July. This year the camp is held at Pt. Hope. During the camp, participants will participate in preparation of camp, traveling to and from camp grounds, set up camp, hunting and food gathering experiences and learn firsthand how we subsist on te land and the rivers using skills and technologies stemming back thousands of years.
Camp Description
Traditional Harvesting Camp will be held July 7-11. During this camp, youth ages 9 to 14 will participate in traditional subsistence activities with local Elders and other adult mentors in harvesting, preparing, and preserving a variety of our local foods. Participants will take part in activities designed to preserve our subsistence traditions and connect them with our local environment.
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Cauyaq “Music” Camp will be held July 21 -25. During this camp, youths ages 9 to 14 will work closely with Elders and culture bearers on Alutiiq dancing, music, and songs. Participants will have the opportunity to learn traditional Alutiiq songs and dances while creating new ones indicative of our Alutiiq people today. Learning to play traditional instruments and making regalia, drums, and masks will also take place during this week.
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Leadership Academy will be held June 26 - July 2. During this camp, Alutiiq teens ages 13-17 will learn from local Alutiiq professionals how to survive in society today, what it means to be a tribal leader, and some of the career opportunities available to them. Participates will engage in various culturally driven activities and talking circles.
Camp Description
Adventure E.A.R.T.H. (Earth Awareness – Renewing Traditions & Heritage) Camp will be held July 14 - 18. During this camp, participants will learn about environmental risks we face today. Participants will learn and perform ways to keep our land healthy and safe from pollutants, and about alternative energy and renewable resources through both modern and traditional knowledge.
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Dig Afognak’s Survivor Camp will be held July 28- August 2. Illustrates important outdoor and wilderness survival techniques through fun outdoor activities, games, and competitions. This camp will be guided by survival experts such as local military representatives and of course Native Elders.
Daily Team Posts
Camp Sivunniigvik (Camp Sivu) is more than just a camping trip. It is the lessons and values of the Inupiaq people lived and learned. It is essential to maintain traditional Inupiat values in today’s modern world. Native youth who know about their culture are less likely to engage in gang activity, develop drug and alcohol problems and drop out of school. The Aqqaluk Trust brings youth from across the Northwest Arctic Region to Camp Sivu. Camp Sivu is a week long summer recreation camp located on the banks of the Kobuk River east of Kotzebue. Oftentimes, going to Camp Sivu is their first exposure to traditional Native life. At Camp Sivu children learn traditional crafts from elders, the oral history of their people, and many other essential skills that have enabled the Inupiat to survive in the harsh climate for over 10,000 years.
Camp Description
Native Village of Old Harbor sponsors Nuniaq Camp, which is on Kodiak Island. Camp activities include Alutiiq language, subsistence gathering and preparation, arts and crafts. The campsite includes a traditional banya (steam bath).
Camp Description
Organized Village of Kake sponsors the Kake Culture Camp, which is located north of Kake, and the camp dates are mid-July. Number of campers: 60-80 for the day camp (grades K-6) and 27-45 (7-12th grade) for the overnight camp. Camp activities include Tlingit dancing, subsistence food gathering, goose tongue, sea asparagus, deer harvesting, seal harvesting, gumboots (chitons), octopus and other seafood. Language taught in Tlingit. Culture specialists teach along with Elder storytelling and guest artists teach their skills. Survival overnight camping trip for 7-12th graders.
Ben Wargo Greeting
Here is an interview with an Educator as they are just beginning their Cross-Cultural Immersion journey. Ben Wargo explains what his hopes are in participating in the program.
Camp Description
Hydaburg Cooperative Association sponsors the Hydaburg Cultural Camp, which is a day camp located at the Boys and Girls Club of Hydaburg. Camp dates mid to late July. Number of campers: 45, grades K-12. Camp activities include Native dancing, weaving, arts and crafts, subsistence fishing and canning. Teachers stay with host a host family in the community.
Camp Description
Chilkat Indian Village sponsors the Klukwan Traditional Knowledge Camp, which is located at the south end of Klukwan along the Chilkat River. There are two Salmon Camps one in July and one in August. Salmon Camp includes demonstrations of traditional salmon harvesting and hooligan processing. Salmon is prepared for smoking, drying and more modern techniques such as pressure processing. Hooligan harvest techniques are also taught, smoke/drying, and the rendering of oil.
Culture Camp in Koyukuk
I have never "blogged" before and I'm not sure what is expected. I enjoyed culture camp. It was like the ultimate camp trip with teachings about plants and curing meat mixed in.
Culture: Fast Write
Wow, it’s difficult reflecting on my own culture. I would like to think I’m intensely interested in who I am, from the perspective of my family, my ancestors, and my New Jersey and American roots. My travels across North America and abroad have acted to frame my roots in terms of boundaries defined by other cultures, boundaries that I wasn’t only ignorant of at the time but did not even know to be looking for. Our U.S. culture is colored by the clock (schedules, slave to our jobs, etc.), money (economics and the dependent variable of too many of decisions) while being rife with stereotypes that paint a vague canvas of reality. I would like to think I act to subvert some of the more not-so-flattering aspects (in my opinion) by eating well, exercising, striving to constantly bettering myself, biking and other such qualities to care for my upbringing and surroundings. In many ways then, perhaps my culture is steeped in the mold of the classic American that is forging ahead to chink out there own sense of individuality.
Blog
Our enclosed skiff pounded its way through bone jarring waves on our final leg to Dig Afognak. There are about 40 guests, elders, teachers, and staff that shared a week of ideal weather and company. Daily activities, chores, language instruction, and explorations kept us busy enjoying each day and each others' company. Many of the campers have returned each of the five weeks of camp this summer.
Amigwok-Octopus
Photo taken by Pedro, he attended Dig Afognak Survivor Camp.
Students Installing a Solar Panel
Photo taken by Alissa, she attended Howard Luke Camp.
Klukwan Fish Camp
Julie and Anne cutting fish in the smoke house.
Pt. Hope
Photo taken by Ben, he attended Inupiaq Culture Camp
Exit Interview Ben Wargo
Ben Wargo talks about his experience after attending Alaska Native summer camp at Pt. Hope.