Cama’i! We’re excited to announce that the next edition of the Nupuat Newsletter will be published in September 2024, and we’re calling on you to contribute!

What We’re Looking For:

• Updates from your community
• Stories, essays, or poetry
• Suggested topics or feedback

We welcome submissions from Tribal and community members, councils, and employees.

How to Submit:

To share your ideas, articles, stories, poetry, or pictures, please email media@Chugachmiut.org. The submission deadline is Friday, September 6, 2024.

Important Note

• While we strive to showcase a diverse range of topics from across the Chugach region, not all submissions may be published.
• Content may be edited for grammar, style, and suitability for our audience.
• By submitting your work, you grant us permission to publish it in the newsletter.

If you miss the cut-off for this quarter, we may consider your submission for the next edition. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out.

Quyanaa & AwA’ahdah for your contributions! We look forward to reviewing your submissions.

Nupuat is a quarterly publication of Chugachmiut, the tribal not-for-profit organization serving the Alaska Native peoples of the Chugach Region. Would you like to subscribe to the newsletter or update your address? Email us at the above address with your name and mailing address.

Previous editions:

Chugachmiut Nupuat Newsletter – Summer 2024 Edition

Chugachmiut Nupuat Newsletter – Spring 2024 Edition

Chugachmiut Nupuat Newsletter – Winter 2023 Edition

Chugachmiut Nupuat Newsletter – Recent Editions

Chugachmiut’s Nupuat Newsletter Fall Edition is available!

Topics in the Nupuat Newsletter – Fall Edition

• Career Opportunities
• Youth Summer Camps
• Traditional Qayaq Dedication Ceremony
• Chugachmiut Heritage Archive Opportunity
• Chugachmiut Birth to 5 Head Start Program
• Chugachmiut Scholarship Opportunity
• Housing Improvement Program
• Poem – “No Name Mountains” by Gail Evanoff
• Health Services Division News
• Employee Spotlights – Brent S. Harmon and Sheila Lowe
• Christmas Card Design Contest

📸About the Cover: Chugachmiut Heritage Preservation hosted summer camps with Accessing Choices in Education (ACE), a program that allows us to provide educational opportunities for students in our communities that are Alaska Native to meet their educational goals. The Chugachmiut Youth Summit was held in July in Anchorage where 12 youth experienced and practiced Sugpiaq language, traditional culture through Elders, recognized experts, through games, crafts, media, models, art, sea life, and plants. Here they are visiting the Alaska Native Heritage Center. Front row (left to right): Damian George, Rhoda Moonin, Ephimia Moonin-Wilson, Emma Tanape, and Imya Hernandez. 2nd row (left to right): Benjamin Kvasnikoff, Kenji Simmons, Julianne Michener, and Trinity Vlasoff. 3rd row (left to right): Mackinley Greene, Kayonte Simmons, Ashton Meganack, Trinity Vlasoff, Juanita Wood, Bella Velez, and Nancy Yeaton. Back row (far right): Iverson Moonin.

Nupuat is a quarterly publication of Chugachmiut, the tribal not-for-profit organization serving the Alaska Native peoples of the Chugach Region. If you need to update your mailing address, please email us at media@chugachmiut.org.

View previous editions here.

Chugachmiut’s Nupuat Newsletter Summer Edition is available!

Topics in the Nupuat Newsletter – Summer Edition

• Career Opportunities
• Step Challenge
• Health Fairs
• Recovery Camp
• Fire and Forestry Programs Update
• Education
• Realty – Probate Process
• Chugachmiut Regional Health Center Groundbreaking
• Qutekcak Native Tribe Celebration
• Tatitlek Cultural Exchange
• Qutekcak Native Tribe Technology Upgrades
• Boating Safety
• Nunaka Game App Released
• Finance Team Spotlight
• Employee Spotlight – John H. Yakanak, Jr.

📸About the Cover: Chugachmiut board members Larry Evanoff, Vice Chair, Fran Norman, Chair, and Arne Hatch, Director break ground for the Chugachmiut Regional Health Center on June 3 in Qutekcak (Seward). Chugachmiut has operated the North Star Health Clinic since 1987 in Seward but, by January 2025, the 19,475 square-foot Chugachmiut Regional Health Clinic will be constructed and operating. The Center will serve as Chugachmiut’s regional medical hub providing medical, dental, and behavioral health services for Alaskans in medically underserved areas within our region. Photo by Mackenzie Banbury.

Nupuat is a quarterly publication of Chugachmiut, the tribal not-for-profit organization serving the Alaska Native peoples of the Chugach Region. If you need to update your mailing address, please email us at media@chugachmiut.org.

Chugachmiut’s Nupuat Newsletter Spring Edition is available!

Topics in the Nupuat Newsletter – Spring Edition

• Career Opportunities
• Chugachmiut Heritage Archives
• Spotlight on Dolly Wiles of Qutekcak Native Tribe
• Nanwalek NYO Team
• Accessing Choices in Education (ACE) Program Support
• Nanwalek Head Start Internet Upgrade
• Service Booklets
• Realty Department
• Scholarship Opportunity & NET Program
• Grants Team
• Heritage Preservation Program – Nanwalek Sugpiak Regalia Project
• Health Services Division News
• Graduate Highlights
• Denali Wildland Fire Module Crew

📸About the Cover: Chugachmiut Elders and community members visited the Ethnological Museum of Berlin in Germany. The Elders and community members included William Smith of Valdez, Pamela Smith of Cordova, Eric Clock of Seward, Brandon Moonin of Tatitlek, Deborah McMullen of Port Graham, Vincent Evans of Nanwalek, and John Johnson and Tatianna Turner from Chugach Alaska Corporation. They were engaging with artifacts that were taken from the Chugachmiut communities in the late 19th century and documenting important cultural knowledge and stories.

Nupuat is a quarterly publication of Chugachmiut, the tribal not-for-profit organization serving the Alaska Native peoples of the Chugach Region. If you need to update your mailing address, please email us at media@chugachmiut.org.

Check out Chugachmiut’s Summer 2021 Newsletter by clicking the link below: