Tanacross Cultural week schedule - May 1st to 5th
Monday, May 1st, - Location of the cultural camp will be announced on Monday
11:00am Introduction to the Cultural week, schedule, rules, respect, prayer, elder visit etc. at the Tanacross Community hall
Regular school lunch
12:00 -1:30 location to be announced - but will be at the hall
Beading, necklaces, vest and dress appliques cutting, etc. with Diane, Mildred, Colleen
Bow and arrow, spear making with Alfred and others
1:30-3:30
Plant Identification walk
Tea making contest
Tuesday, May 2nd, meet at Tanacross Community Hall
12:00- 1:30 Tanacross community hall
Native games and snowshoe presentation,
Continue the sewing and woodwork as needed
Subsistence gathering
1:30 - 3:30
Birch bark presentations with Diane, and elder
Fish cutting presentation
Root gathering
Drum teaching with Herbie Demit
Wednesday, 3, Meet at the Tanacross Community hall
12:00-1:30 practice the native dance, subsistence gathering, work on gifts,
1:30-3:30 baking cakes, cookies, prepare for the evening presentation
Story telling
6:00 pm on Wednesday evening is our Athabascan Fiddling Presentation, the presenters will be teaching duck dances, jig, etc to our students and community, please make sure the students come back to the hall and invited elders. Refreshments available
Thursday, May 4th 5:00 pm Tanacross school students Potlatch will be at the community hall
All day prep for the evening potlatch, cooking in the hall and the school. We need all available adults to assist, as it is a lot of prepping.
Salads, meats, bread, could be done at the hall. Someone could do the baking and dessert at the school. It will be good to have as much as subsistence food as we can.
Friday May 5th, meet at the hall at 1:00
Cleaning our Community
Barbecue at the hall at 4:00 pm
The elders believe this should be encouraged, as pride in community is important. To take care of our lands as they take care of us. All are welcome to participate
Cultural week takes a lot of time so we need all the help we can get. This week benefits our students in what they have learned since this programs started. The schedule may change and on a day’s notice on presenter’s time, but will inform everyone as needed. Asking for meat, fish and berries donation also. Most of all, we hope to encourage the Alaska gateway school staff and teachers to participate and learn what our students and families life skills are and accept it.