LUTHERAN QUILTERS – Members of the Quilts for Comfort Group stand between pews draped with some of the 205 quilts they made, in the Sitka Lutheran Church Tuesday. The group made the quilts for five local non-profits and one in Anchorage. The remaining quilts are sent to Lutheran World Relief which  distributes them to places around the world in need, such as Ukraine, as part of Personal Care Kits. Pictured are, from left, Helen Cunningham, Kathleen Brandt,Vicki Swanson, Paulla Hardy, Kim Hunter, Linda Swanson and Sue Fleming.  (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)

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Artist Nick Galanin, Rasmuson Rep Talk Oct. 28

A conversation between multidisciplinary artist Nicholas Galanin and Rasmuson Foundation’s vice president of external affairs Angela Cox will be 2 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 28.

The two will discuss Galanin’s practice and Alaska’s rich cultural heritage.

For a link to the online event, go to unitedstatesartists.org.

Galanin’s work is rooted in his perspective as an Indigenous man connected to the land and culture he belongs to, organizers of the event said. His work is embedded with incisive observation and critical thinking to advocate social and environmental justice.

‘‘Deftly engaging with past, present and future, he celebrates the beauty, knowledge and resilience of Indigenous people,’’ a press release from the group said. ‘‘His work counters assimilation; insisting on differences as strengths. Rejecting binaries and categorization, he works to envision, build, and support Indigenous sovereignty.’’

In 2020, Galanin excavated the shape of the shadow of the Capt. James Cooke statue in Hyde Park for the Biennale of Sydney, examining the effects of colonization on land, critiquing anthropological bias, and ultimately suggesting the burial of the statue and others like it. In 2021, he created a replica of the Hollywood sign for the Desert X Biennial in Palm Springs CA, which reads INDIAN LAND, directly advocating for and supporting the Land Back and Real Rent initiatives. Galanin lives and works with his family on Tlingit Aani, Sitka.

Angela Cox’s values are firmly rooted in her upbringing on Alaska’s Arctic Slope and her Iñupiat heritage. Cox is from Utqiaġvik and is an enrolled tribal member of the Native Village of Barrow. Today, Cox and her family live and work on the traditional lands of the Dena’ina.

Cox joined Rasmuson Foundation as vice president of external affairs in June 2017. She oversees communication and events, leads on public policy work, and helps connect national partners to Alaska organizations. She also works to bring diverse community members and their perspectives to the center of the Foundation’s work. 

Cox serves as a board member for Healthy Alaska Natives Foundation, Iḷisaġvik College Foundation and Media Impact Funders. She is also a member of the Recover Alaska Operations Council. Cox was named a 2020 member of the Alaska Journal of Commerce Top 40 under 40 and is a Marshall Memorial Fellow.

 

Annual Pumpkin Patch Event Saturday

The annual Pumpkin Patch event, sponsored by 3 to 5 Preschool, is planned 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 23 in the AC Lakeside Grocery parking lot.

Attendees are asked to wear face masks and maintain a safe distance from others.

Pumpkins will be for sale. Activities will include ghost bowling and water balloon toss. A deejay will provide music and a fall-themed photo booth will be on hand.

In lieu of fees for games and activities this year, participants will make cash or check donations, located at the game and photo booths. 

‘‘This honor system will help to raise funds for the preschool but also ensure that no child is excluded from having fun if unable to pay. No child will be turned away,’’ the preschool said. 

Hamburgers, hot dogs, nachos, hot drinks, cold beverages and chips will be available for purchase. All child and adult food combinations will include chips, and bottled water or soda. Hot apple cider, sodas and bottled water will also be available to purchase separately. Credit card payment for foods/drinks will be accepted inside the store. Checks and cash payment will be accepted outside at the food booth. 

For those who have a sweet tooth or a craving for ice cream, Sitka Swirls will be serving ice cream concoctions and donating a portion of each sale to the preschool program. 

Baked goods will not be sold this year.

New this year is the sale of seaweed mulch for gardeners. A limited quantity of beach seaweed will be available for $5 a bag.  The seaweed, gathered from beaches around Sitka Sound, will be pre-bagged in reused plastic grocery bags. 

Appreciation is extended to sponsors AC Lakeside Grocery, Sitka Bottling Company, Sitka Swirls, Fisheye Coffee, and Northern Sales, and to all the parent and community volunteer for their work and dedication.

 

 Life Celebration for

Gigi Buchholz, 44

Georgia Maria ‘‘Gigi’’ Kite Buchholz, 44, passed away on August 15, 2021, at Alaska Regional Hospital in Anchorage. 

A celebration of her life will be 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 23, at the Halibut Point Recreation Area main shelter. 

‘‘We invite people to bring a dish and story of Gigi to share,’’ family members said. ‘‘If you have photos of Gigi’s we would love to include them at the celebration.’’ 

Call Melody at 907-623-7945 or Lillian at 907-623-8200 for more information or to send photos. 

 

Tribal Council

Election on Tap

Sitka Tribe of Alaska will hold elections for four Tribal Council seats.

Three tribal citizens are running for the four seats: Martha Moses, Frederick Otilius Olsen Jr. and Lesa Way.

Advanced/in-person absentee voting is 4:30-6:30 p.m. Monday through Friday Oct. 27-Nov. 8 at the STA office, 456 Katlian Street. Individuals should wear masks and take their state or tribal I.D. cards.

On Nov. 9, election day, polls will be open 8 a.m.-8 p.m. at the Sheet’ka Kwaan Naa Kahidi Community House. Voters are to wear masks and take their identification cards.

 

Climate Connection: On setting off on a long journey…

This week has been a long one with many changes. Friends have started a journey to another state, and another chapter in their lifelong adventure, and I am thinking about the space this will leave. They will be missed by many, as well as myself. What I might choose to do with this space that they are making? Times of change are good times for me to ask myself to do something very different. Things are different anyway, so where should I put my time and energy to achieve something worthwhile?

I had time on Monday to think and talk with others about this during a long walk from Gajaa Heen (Old Sitka) to Noow Tlein (Castle Hill). I have walked most of this route before, but when you’re walking alone it seems to take longer than it does when you have people to talk with as you walk. 

There wasn’t much formality, and if you were in a car traveling down Halibut Point Road, you may have thought we were just a large group of hikers. But we were full of purpose, and everyone was there because we felt a need to tell a different story than people are used to hearing on Alaska Day. We stopped several times along the way, and picked up more people as we went along, exchanging names and histories and points of view. Climate change came up in a conversation and someone asked how I thought that fitted in with decolonization. I said that most of the environmental problems we’re facing right now are directly linked to how settler culture sees the world and everybody in it – something to be harnessed and put to work for personal gain. 

For me, the answers to climate change are about reversing that culture of exploitation and personal wealth. I pointed to the Alaska Native women leading us on the march and said that I’m looking for guidance from the people who have closer relationships with each other, and with the land that we all stand on. 

We set out on that journey with the idea of changing the narrative, and finished at the top of the hill rather than the base because that is where the old story was being told. It was not planned, and it was not easy for anyone, but as the transfer re-enactment audience dissolved back into the town we were joined by a number of new people.  We took that moment to recognize everyone’s strength and bravery for choosing a path that none of us has followed before. Why did we do it? Because we know that it will lead us to a better place. How do we know it will be better? Because we are committed to making it so. As the proverb says, if you want to go far, travel together. We are social beings and we have more to offer when we work together.

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Leah Mason is feeling contemplative as she works alongside other members of the Sitka Citizens’ Climate Lobby. #PutAPriceOnCarbon.

 

 

This Week in Girls on the Run

By Sitkans Against Family Violence

Girls on the Run (GOTR) is an empowerment-based program for girls in third through fifth grades, currently in its 13th season at Keet Gooshi Heen Elementary School. GOTR is more than an after-school activity; it is a program designed to bring girls together with strength and resilience and prepare them for a lifetime of self-respect and healthy living. Through dynamic, interactive lessons and running games, nearly 30 participants train for a final celebratory 5K Fun Run while learning life skills and unleashing their confidence!

For the second week of the program, GOTR participants have been focusing on positive versus negative self-talk, and how to respect themselves and others by choosing to be positive. Girls learn about their “Star Power” where they can imagine then encourage others and themselves to let the Star Power within shine brightly. Girls become aware of negative self-talk and how it influences us all, and learn how to catch and challenge negative self-talk by practicing their positive self-talk. Here’s what participants have to say:

– ‘‘Star Power is something in your mind that you can visualize that’s something good about you. It shares kindness and friendship with everybody.”

– ‘‘It’s like a positive feeling that shines bright inside our body to make you happy and comfortable.”

– ‘‘Star Power shines bright like when we popped our negative self-talk balloon.”

Throughout this season, GOTR will provide the Sitka community with updates from the program. We also hope to give mentors, parents, and guardians an opportunity to pass on skills from GOTR to the children in their lives! Here are some conversation starters for talking with kids about positive self-talk: 

*We all have positive thoughts sometimes and negative thoughts sometimes. How do you feel when there are negative thoughts in your head? Positive thoughts?

*When you are around someone who has negative thoughts, how does that make you feel? When you’re around someone with positive thoughts?

*Is it our choice to change negative or positive thoughts? (Yes!)

*Is there a sound/signal we can use if we hear our family saying something negative about ourselves? We can use it to remind ourselves to choose to be positive in that moment!

Save the date for the GOTR 5K community fun run on Dec. 11. Girls on the Run is brought to you in Sitka by the Pathways Coalition. Call 747-3493 for more information.

 

Maritime Grind

Slated Nov. 6

The slate of acts is full for the 7 p.m. Nov. 6 virtual Maritime Grind.

‘‘The Maritime Grind has all the acts it needs,’’ said organizer Jeff Budd.  ‘‘Thank you to all who are participating.’’

To register for the online event,   go to https://sitkascience.regfox.com/2021-maritime-grind.

 

Theater Program

To Stage Play

Sitka Fine Arts Camp’s Young Performers Theater program will present a stage adaptation of Madeleine L’Engle’s classic novel ‘‘A Wrinkle in Time’’ 7 p.m. Oct. 29 and 30 and 2 p.m. Oct. 31 at the Odess Theater on the SJ Campus.

Join Meg Murray as she goes on a journey through space and time to rescue her father, save humanity, and find herself. 

Tickets are $10 general, $5 for youths under 18, and children 5 and under are free.

Proof of COVID-19 vaccination is required for guests 12 and older for entry to the performance. All patrons must be masked at all times while in the Odess Theater.

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March 1974

Photo caption: National Republican Chairman George Bush takes a drink of water offered by Jan Craddick, Sitka delegate, during the Republican convention held here. Mrs. Craddick explained to Bush that the water was from Indian River, which means, according to local legend, that he will return.

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