Healing and Connectedness at Akhiok Kids Camp
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| Title: | Healing and Connectedness at Akhiok Kids Camp |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Speridon Simeonoff, Judy Simeonoff, Teacon Simeonoff, Sven Haakanson, Cheri Simeonoff, Balika Haakanson, Leilani Sabzalian (ORCID |
| Source: | Rural Educator. 2024 45(1):44-62. |
| Availability: | National Rural Education Association. e-mail: theruraleducator@gmail.com; Web site: https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/ruraleducator/ |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 21 |
| Publication Date: | 2024 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Descriptive |
| Descriptors: | Resident Camp Programs, Cultural Education, Indigenous Populations, Alaska Natives, American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, Self Esteem, Self Concept, Health Behavior, Health Promotion, Youth, Indigenous Knowledge, Quality of Life, Learning, Religious Factors, Cultural Maintenance, Language Maintenance, Traditionalism |
| Geographic Terms: | Alaska |
| ISSN: | 0273-446X |
| Abstract: | Each August, Sugpiaq Elders, community members, and educators gather in Cape Alitak to host Akhiok Kids Camp, a week-long culture camp that provides a space for local Sugpiaq youth to learn and carry forward traditional lifeways and promotes youth's self-esteem, identity, and healthy choices. This article traces the legacy of the camp and outlines its ongoing vision and curriculum, including the Indigenous values and principles of education that guide camp activities. Of particular focus is the role of camp in fostering Sugpiaq youth's sense of connectedness to their homelands, waters, community, and culture, a focus that promotes healing, cultural resurgence, and wellbeing for Sugpiaq youth. This description of Akhiok Kids Camp highlights the valuable role that culture camps play in turning Indigenous youth toward the brilliance of their lands and lifeways, and the importance of respecting the knowledge and leadership of Indigenous families in this work. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2024 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1421266 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | Each August, Sugpiaq Elders, community members, and educators gather in Cape Alitak to host Akhiok Kids Camp, a week-long culture camp that provides a space for local Sugpiaq youth to learn and carry forward traditional lifeways and promotes youth's self-esteem, identity, and healthy choices. This article traces the legacy of the camp and outlines its ongoing vision and curriculum, including the Indigenous values and principles of education that guide camp activities. Of particular focus is the role of camp in fostering Sugpiaq youth's sense of connectedness to their homelands, waters, community, and culture, a focus that promotes healing, cultural resurgence, and wellbeing for Sugpiaq youth. This description of Akhiok Kids Camp highlights the valuable role that culture camps play in turning Indigenous youth toward the brilliance of their lands and lifeways, and the importance of respecting the knowledge and leadership of Indigenous families in this work. |
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| ISSN: | 0273-446X |
