Cama’i! Please join us for a Traditional Qayaq Dedication Ceremony on Saturday, July 29 at 11 am in Seward at the Kenai Fjords National Park Visitor Center! All are welcome.
Tentative Agenda (subject to change)
- Welcome & Land Acknowledgement by NPS staff Gillian Braver
- Sugpiat Prayer video – Nellie Gregorieff, 1961
- Mark Hiratsuka – Chugachmiut Heritage Director
- Patrick Lewis, Cultural Resources Program Manager
- Tabios’ Family speaks
- Traditional Qayaq Build Video
- Thank you from NPS Staff member, possibly John Carroll, KEFJ Superintendent
- Invitation to view the qayaq
- Reading of the Dedication
- Refreshments
