Traditional & Local Foods potluck.

CANP attendees shared foods harvested and prepared in the Chugach Region, including Harbor Seal meat from Resurrection Bay, moose jerky, salmon leather, rendered seal oil, sea lion stew, salted salmon eggs, honey, jams made from local berries, and so much more!

Respected Chugach Region Elders shared stories and wisdom.

Chenega Elder Pete Kompkoff taught participants how to play a traditional Sugpiaq dart game called augca’aq, a game based on marine mammal hunting.  Players take turns throwing darts at a wooden porpoise or seal dangling from a string, while kneeling on the floor, as if sitting in a kayak, and targeting the swinging model.

Brooke "Kwiik" Mallory, Native Village of Eyak Tribal member and CANP Mentor leads a salmon leather beading workshop.

Carol Conant (CRRC Education & Outreach Coordinator), Sally "Kuku" Ash, and Nancy "Yartuliq" Yeaton wear orange at the CANP event to acknowledge Truth & Reconciliation Day. In remembrance of boarding school survivors and recognizing "Every Child Matters".

Nancy "Yartuliq" Yeaton, Nanwalek Elder, lead a skills sharing workshop on how to make cordage from stinging nettles stalk and fireweed stalk.

Misha Klassen (CACS CCE Coordinator) demonstrates making cordage during the training. Photo Credits: Bjorn Olsen & Carol Conant, CRRC.