For Kids, Taking the Fear Out of Dentistry
Talk to a group of adults about going to the dentist, and there’s a good chance at least one in the bunch will admit it gives them anxiety. But for young children unfamiliar with dentists and the importance of oral health,...
Five Elected to Council at Annual Meeting
More than 120 voting members attended the tribe’s Annual General Council Meeting in October 2015, electing three new members and reelecting two members to fill five open positions on the Executive Council....
Kenaitze Youth Council Visits Washington, DC
A Kenaitze youth group attended an historic gathering in Washington, D.C, in the summer of 2015. The Gganiłchit Dena’ina (“Stand Up Dena’ina”) Youth Council came together in April when Kenaitze youth accepted the Generation Indigenous Youth Challenge,...
Kenaitze Elders, Youth Make Ornaments for Capitol Christmas Tree
No one spotted Santa Claus or his reindeer, but it began to feel a lot like Christmas at the Tyotka’s Elder Center – in September. That’s because tribal Elders and members of the Youth Council,...
Traditional Healing Program Takes Holistic Approach
Ask Estelle Thomson how she became the Traditional Healer at the Dena’ina Wellness Center, and she shares a defining story. A few years ago, Thomson was running a massage-therapy business in Anchorage and wanted to learn about alternative medicine....
Kenai Peninsula College Course Promotes Dena’Ina Language
Estelle Thomson wants to honor the people whose land she lives on. Danielle Self wants to share knowledge with her children. And Bunny Swan Gease wants to make up for lost time....
DNA Project Connects Dena’Ina Past And Present
Wearing latex gloves, Dr. Ripan Malhi opened the cardboard box and peered inside. There was the human skull, brown, yellow and worn from years in the soil, yet largely intact. “We could try to extract a tooth,...
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