Haa Tóo Yéi Yatee Culture Camp
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*CULTURE CAMP IS BEING HELD THIS WEEK, JULY 5-8*
Please consider donating ASAP. Haw'aa! Gunalcheesh!!
At Hoonah’s Haa Tóo Yéi Yatee Culture Camp, students aren’t just learning about their culture, but are building its vibrant future. Students and their families travel from all over to spend a week practicing and contributing to cultural traditions.
Our culture lives in our people, with our people, and for our people. This is something that Xunaa Kaawu know well, which is exactly why the community comes together to plan an entire week devoted to immersing their youth in lessons in Lingít Yoo X̲ʼatángi (the Tlingit language), traditional foodways, and how to be a little ancestor for haa eetí k̲áa(those who will come after us). For people in Hoonah, Culture Camp has become one of the most important and exciting parts of summer.
L’geiki (Heather Powell) developed Haa Tóo Yéi Yatee Culture Camp to better connect youth to their traditions. There is a strong link between mental health and wellness and cultural education. Together, L’geiki and the Hoonah community are working to invest in a healthier and more vibrant future; Culture Camp helps support this important link between cultural education and civic engagement.
Here in Hoonah, excitement for the camp is buzzing. At last year’s Culture Camp, there were more than 130 students in attendance. Parents and community members volunteered their personal vehicles and time to chauffeur these children an hour and a half each way every day. This year, attendance is expected to grow, with youth flooding to their Hoonah homelands from Anchorage, Juneau, Sitka, and beyond.
As interest and participation in Culture Camp grows, so does the community’s need for funding to support their work in providing meaningful opportunities for youth in Hoonah to grow, connect with their culture, and play an active role in imagining vibrant futures for their community.
Specifically, the community needs monetary support for the following:
-FOOD to feed more than a hundred people daily- $4000
-FUEL costs to cover volunteer chauffeurs' expenses (boat and automobile)- $2500
*Unfortunately the grants supporting the camp do not cover food items and do not provide sufficient coverage for transportation/fuel needs.
Read more about this year's camp on Ecotrust's blog
Read about last year's camp on KTOO
Please consider donating ASAP. Haw'aa! Gunalcheesh!!
At Hoonah’s Haa Tóo Yéi Yatee Culture Camp, students aren’t just learning about their culture, but are building its vibrant future. Students and their families travel from all over to spend a week practicing and contributing to cultural traditions.
Our culture lives in our people, with our people, and for our people. This is something that Xunaa Kaawu know well, which is exactly why the community comes together to plan an entire week devoted to immersing their youth in lessons in Lingít Yoo X̲ʼatángi (the Tlingit language), traditional foodways, and how to be a little ancestor for haa eetí k̲áa(those who will come after us). For people in Hoonah, Culture Camp has become one of the most important and exciting parts of summer.
L’geiki (Heather Powell) developed Haa Tóo Yéi Yatee Culture Camp to better connect youth to their traditions. There is a strong link between mental health and wellness and cultural education. Together, L’geiki and the Hoonah community are working to invest in a healthier and more vibrant future; Culture Camp helps support this important link between cultural education and civic engagement.
Here in Hoonah, excitement for the camp is buzzing. At last year’s Culture Camp, there were more than 130 students in attendance. Parents and community members volunteered their personal vehicles and time to chauffeur these children an hour and a half each way every day. This year, attendance is expected to grow, with youth flooding to their Hoonah homelands from Anchorage, Juneau, Sitka, and beyond.
As interest and participation in Culture Camp grows, so does the community’s need for funding to support their work in providing meaningful opportunities for youth in Hoonah to grow, connect with their culture, and play an active role in imagining vibrant futures for their community.
Specifically, the community needs monetary support for the following:
-FOOD to feed more than a hundred people daily- $4000
-FUEL costs to cover volunteer chauffeurs' expenses (boat and automobile)- $2500
*Unfortunately the grants supporting the camp do not cover food items and do not provide sufficient coverage for transportation/fuel needs.
Read more about this year's camp on Ecotrust's blog
Read about last year's camp on KTOO
Fundraising team: Ecotrust (4)
Miakah Nix
Organizer
Hoonah, AK
Jon Bonkoski
Team member
Bob Christensen
Team member
Kelly Harrell
Team member
