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    the-JuneauJuneau Centennial Hall .

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    Not all the energy expended at Celebration 84 was fromfrom-dancing

    from-dancingdancing and singing . These two children play in a game ofof-tag

    of-tagtag in front of Centennial Hall and a totem carved byby-Mason

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    methods with traditional storiesstoriesPhotosstoriesPPhotosP by & II" Hessby BillDillllessDilllless-Tundra

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    and-stnging"InglngInglngstnging" grew 5tstrongerronger and suonsoonsoon-ger

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    ger , omesome t0001000 EaglelEagles!, andand-Ravem

    and-RavensRavemRavens ., of the KilterKfller Whale ,Frog , Seagull , foho( oho and otherother-clans

    other-clansclans Coined, ained together in oneone-last

    one-lastlast great dmcedance: VOlceVoices roserose-In10In JOYous songs as ceremonialceremonial-pear

    ceremonial-spears\pearpearspears'\ were thrust into the altair ,buwstrlngsbowstrings drawn , artisticallyartistically-crafted

    artistically-craftedcrafted paddles put into mo-momo-lion

    mo-ion

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    lion( ion , and beckoning , flutteringfluttering-hands

    fluttering-handshands communicated messagesmessages-thousands

    messages-

    thousandsthousands of years old .Celebration 84 was comingcoming-

    toto an endend-"I

    end-"I"II" really go fatfor this CeleCele-

    bratlonCele-

    brationbratlonbration 84 :, "' Austin Hammond ,a TUngitTlingit elder from HaincIilainesHaincI-spoke

    ilaines-spoke

    !spoke of the second greatgreat-gathering

    great-gatheringgathering of the people dfdf-the

    df-thethe TlingitJlaldaandTlfngitIlaidaand, , Tsimpstan-nations

    TslmpslanTsimpstanTslmpslan-natnatnationsIons to be sponsored bbyby-the

    )lhethe ScalaScalaskaka Herttageheritage Founda-FoundaFounda-lion

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    lion ."YouYou" know , OUtour people , OUtourOU-

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    our-olderolder people , we'rewere' talking aboUtaboUt-our

    about-ourour children ," Hammond excx .'plained "WeWe" say they'retheyre' goinggoing-bad

    going-badbad ., doing a lot of things they'retheyrethey're-not

    they're-not ''not supposed to do . We can'tcantcan't-blame

    can't-blame

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    blame the chchildrenldren ; Usits OUtourOU-tfault

    our-fault-faultfault- We don'tdont' tell the storiesstories-toto them . We'veWeve' got to tell thethe-stonel

    the-storiesstonelstories! , what'swhats' good , what'swhatswhat's-righ

    what's-right

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    righrightt , what'swhats' bad . "Many stories ., some handedhanded-

    downhanded-

    downdown since the earliest daydaysdays-of

    !.of the people and some muchmuch-more

    much-moremore recent were told at thethe-celebration

    the-celebrationcelebration . One of the mostmost-dramatic

    most-dramaticdramatic was a story which aa-nineyearold

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    ninenine-year-oldnineyearoldnine -year-oldyearold- Hammond firstfirst-heard first-heardheard from his grandfather .It told how UttleLittle RavenRaven-

    wasRaven-

    waswas born in a manner whichwhich-Hammond

    which-HammondHammond likened to the BibleBible-story

    Bible-storystory of the birth of Christ ,and how he later released

    the .tartar,. Iar ". , the mounmoon , Ihcthe 'tuntunsun' ,,and lhethe davUghtdaylight trom IhetheIhe-buxcI

    the-boxesbuxcIboxes! Whldlwinch 1mhis grandfalhclgrandtatheigrandfalhcl-had

    grandtathei-hadhad been keeping them InIn-

    Whilein-

    WhileWhile the Slorystory wawas al1llenlancient.: ,,Hammond employed modernmodern-lighung

    modern-lightinglighunglighting,, peclalspecial effects , playplay-making

    play-makingmaking techntquetechniques ., stage decora .'tlonseons , nndand choreography to getget-the

    get-thethe message acrossacross-

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    SuchSuch dramatic acuonlactions! werewere-necessary

    were-

    necessarynecessary , he explained , toto-catch

    to-catchcatch the attention of youngyoung-people

    young-peoplepeople in an age when they cancan-tune

    can-tunetune out a grandfather , hllhishll-stories

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    stories!

    stories and his wisdom simplysimply-by

    simply-

    byby turning on the switch of aa-television

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    televisiontelevision set . Hammond alsoalso-noted

    also-notednoted that the production hadhad-been

    had-beenbeen taped , and would be seenseen-on

    seen-onon many television setssets-

    Othersets-

    OtherOther story-tellersstorytellersstorytellers- may notnot-have

    not-

    havehave used Hammond'sHammonds' dramatudramaticdramatic-

    methods

    :methods , but judging rromfrom thethe-hundreds

    the-hundredshundreds of young people whowho-attended

    who-attendedattended and participated In thethe-activities

    the-activitiesactivities , their messagelmessages! mustmust-have

    must-havehave been heardheard-

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    "This"ThisThis" is why I Just go forfor-Celebration

    for-

    CelebrationCelebration 84:, "' lIammondHammond ex-plained

    ex-exex-plained

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    plained "TIllsTIlls"ThisThis" tsis the best oneonew-e've

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    Rayna Sarabia of Juneau maymay-not

    may-notnot have been most knowledgeknowledge-knowledge-able

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    able of those gathered in thaIthatthaI-city's

    that-city'scity'scitys' Centennial Hall , but atat-toto10 years ofofageage she still demon-demondemon-strated

    demon-strated

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    strated skl11skill tnto dancing , drum-drumdrum-ming

    drum-ming

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    ming and singing , and muchmuch-enthusiasm

    much-enthusiasmenthusiasm to Jearnlearn moremore-

    Sarabiamore-

    SarabiaSarabia who became interestinterest-ed

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    ed in dancing when she waswas-four

    was-

    fourfour years old , is a membermember-of

    member-ofof To Care , which RobertRobert-Shakely

    Robert-ShakelyShakely , one of their leaders ,Interpreted as meaning , "TheThe"The-kids

    "The-kids

    "kids who are growing up afterafter-Us

    after-usUsUsHU-

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    Sarabia got mvolvedinvolved whenwhen-she

    when-sheshe told her mother she wanted

    10In IlndtendIlndatendaa dilnudame ' gwupIOUp inIt ) pC'1pC1pC'-1form

    pC' ,formterm wllhwith , and wa'twatway' rhcnThenrhcn'tlgm'dThensigned'tlgm'dtlgmdsigned'tlgm'd-up

    signed-up

    ' 'up Ihroughthrough an Indian 'duldulI' du aa-111m

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    Iwn111mIwn programprngramprngram-"I"II'" know Ihalthat "' 111my} l'ulturelultureculture' ,

    and I reallreally" enjoynJo IIti , " SarabiaSarabia-explained

    Sarabia-explainedexplained her reammreasons for wantwant-tng

    want-mgtngmg to dance "AlsoAlso" , I knowknow-people

    know-peoplepeople who are watd1lngwatching enJoyenJoy-II

    enjoy-itIIit and thaIthat makcImakes! me feelfeel-good

    feel-

    goodgood I'veIve'' been doing IIn a 101loi ,and I'veIve' been laughttaught 10to bebe-proud

    be-proudproud that I'mIm' a NativeNativetoto"t-

    oAlthoughAlthough SarabtaSarabia and rhetherhe-other

    the-otherother young people who per-form

    per-perper-form

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    form with are obvlOuobviouslyly proudproud-of

    proud-ofof what they do , "heheshie" nutesnotesnutes-that

    notes-thatthat there are many youngyoung-people

    young-peoplepeople who seemwent 10to have IIIlittlelittle-interest

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    tntere"ltntere"ltnterelinterest" 10to Native CUllcultureure SheShe-doc

    She-doesdocdoes, nOInot know whatwhatLanwhatfanLanfan be donedone-about

    done-aboutabout thaIthatthaI-

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    ForFor her panpart , SarabIa "pendpendspendsspends-her

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    her school recerecess, 'ImcImctime' teacheacheach-ing109ing other interelledinterestedinterestedatudent! atudentluden " ,.Native and non Native alike ,the IIadlllonaltiadiiional dancedances, off helherhel-people

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    peoplepeople , In additIon luto "pendmgpendmgspending"pendmg-one

    spending-one

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    one huurhour out of each weekdaweekdayweekday-practisingprat1Slngpractising(; wuhwith Ihethe "TIleTIle"TheThe" kldkidskids-whowho are growing up after uus ."

    Much talk waowas! gavengiven to prepre-pre-serving

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    Scrvingserving! the TlmgnTlingit , lIaJdaHaida andand-Tsimpslan

    and-

    TsimpstanTsimpslanTsimpstan languagelanguages ) "LadleoLadleo"LadiesLadies"Ladleo-and

    "Ladies-and

    " !and gentlemen , " Arthur JohnsonJohnson-of

    Johnson-ofof Kake began his speech-makingspeechmakingspeechmakingspeechmaking-In

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    .In EnglishEnglish.ll'm.ll'm.llmllm"I'mIm"'' goanggoing to talktalk-my talk-mymy own language If you don'tdontdon't-understand

    don't-understand

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    understand me , that\thatthat'sthatsthatnot\' not mymy-fault

    my-faultfault , that'sthatsthat '\ your faultfaun ."

    The fact lois! that few of thethe-young

    the-

    youngyoung people and even a goodgood-many

    good-manymany of the older peoplepeople-could

    people-couldcould nmnot understandunderstandveryvery muchmuch-of

    much-ofofofwhatwhat was spoken to NativeNative-languages

    Native-

    languageslanguageslanguagesSarabia

    Sarabia felt that such spee-speespee-ches

    spee-

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    ches offered her the incentiveincentive-toto learn . "II" know how to countcount-to

    count-toto 10 , and I know how to saysay-

    Continued(Continued on Page Twenty -

  • Klukwan dances despite sadness ..

    ( Continued from Page Twenty-ThreeTwentyThreeTwentythreet-hank

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    thank YOIIyou ., ycyes 311dand no , and:> nd a:>a-fewfew more things ,', "" she laidsaid! ,."II" am jutjust, learning ,. I'mIm'' vcryveryvcry-intcre

    very-interestedintcreinterestedted ,. I think I can do it , "

    David KatzeekKatzeck ., president ofof-thc

    of-thethcthe SealaskaScalaska Ileritageheritage Founda-FoundaFounda-

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    Founda-lion

    Founda-tion

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    1 liontion , said it walwas! up tot0 individualindividual-Natives

    individual-NativesNatives to learn to peakspeak, thcirtheirthcir-mothertongue

    their-mothertonguemother-tonguemothertongue- ,. "PeoplePeople" say , 'mymy'my-mother

    'my-mother

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    mother never taught me :, ' or .,'theythey' prohibited me from speak-speakspeak-ing

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    ing my language a long timetime-3go

    time-ago3goago ,', ' as rCasonsreasons why theythey-can't

    they-can'tcan'tcant' speak their own language , "KatzeekKatzeeksaidsaid ,

    uThe"TheThe" only way they willwill-learn

    will-learnlearn is if they take the ini-iniini-tiative

    ini-tiative

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    tiative to do it ,. And they cancan-do

    can-dodo it '"."

    Nora DaueohauerDauenhauer contendedcontended-that

    contended-thatthat people not only can learnlearn-to

    learn-toto spcakspeak the language , theythey-must

    they-mustmust learn . DauenhauerDauenlauer is aa-noted

    a-

    notednoted Tlingit linguist who hashas-transcribed

    has-transcribedtranscribed many of hherr people'speoplespeople's-legends

    people's-legends

    'legends into the written word ,both English and Tlingit..

    She noted that there areare-scientific

    are-scientificscientific predictions that thethe-Native

    the-NativeNative people of SoutheastSoutheast-Alaska

    Southeast-AlaskaAlaska will be culiurallyculturally deaddead-by

    dead-byby the year 2020 . While theythey-would

    they-wouldwould still certainly be alive ,their language would be for-forfor-gotten

    for-gotten

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    gotten and with it most of theirtheir-cultural

    their-culturalcultural believes .

    "WeWe" have to start talking

    THngltTlingit right now :, "' DauenhauerDauenhauer-stressed

    Dauenhauer-stressedstressed . "WeWe" have to ststartstart-speaking

    rtrt-lpeakinglpeakingspeaking! to young people in oUroUr-language

    oUr-languagelanguage . " Dauenhauer is one ofof-several

    of-severalseveral instructors SarabiaSarabia-named

    Sarabia-namednamed 3.as" instrumental in herher-own

    her-ownown tutoring .

    DaunehauerDauneliauer and her husband ,Richard , launched a yeaisyears-longyearslongyearslong-effort

    -longlong-efforteffort which culminated in thethe-Tlinglt

    the-TlingitTlingltTlingit , lIaldaIlaida and TsimpsianTsimpsian-languages

    Tsimpsian-languageslanguages being burned onto aa-computer

    a-

    computercomputer chip . The results ofof-thclr

    of-theirthclrtheir efforts were felt at Cele-CeleCele-bration

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    bration 84 . Dauenhauer remem-rememremem-bered

    remem-bered

    --bered the words of an ances-ancesances-tral

    ances-tral

    --traltralsongsong of the ThundcrThunder BirdBird-dancers

    Bird-

    dancersdancers from KlKlrkwanKILkwanrkwan , ofofwhichwhichwhich-Katzcek

    which-KatzeekKatzcekKatzeek is a member .

    She put them into the com-comcom-putor

    com-putor

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    putor , got printouts for everyevery-every-body

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    body , and they learned the songsong-in

    song-inin time to perform a dancedance-to

    dance-toto it at the celebrcelebrationtion .

    The computerized Native lan-lanlan-guages

    lan -guages are beingbeing heavily ., uti-utiuti-lized

    uti-lized

    --lized by junior high and highhigh-school

    high-schoolschoolschoolstudentsstudents , who are writingwriting-computer

    writing-computercomputer programs and devisingdevising-games

    devising-gamesgames in their own languages ,although in most cases they havehave-not

    have-notnot yet learned to truly concon-con-verse

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    verse in those tongues ."HopefullyHopefully" , learning how toto-

    speakto-

    speakspeak the languageslanguageswillwill follow , "said Dauenhauer , who wantswants-to

    wants-toto prove the predictions ofof-cultural

    of-culturalcultural deathdeathwrongwrong . " .

    Forrest Dewitt , Jr ., , of Wran-Wran-

    gellBell ., had hihis own adviccadvice, forfor-anyone

    for-anyoneanyone who fcltfelt It was hnpor-hnporImpor-Imporhnpor-tant

    Impor-Cant

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    tantCant for their childrelchildrenchildrentoto learnlearn-Native

    learn-NativeNative ways amIand howhowtoho ' to livelive-aa good Jifelife ,. II-

    "If"IfIf" you want youryo rr child-childchild-rcn

    child-ren

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    rcnren to quit smokinglsmokinglyou'vesmoking) you'veyouveyou've-

    gotyou've-

    got

    'got to quit smokingsrnoking ,' he toldtold-all

    told-allallallwhowho would listen ., "IfIf" youyou-want

    you-wantwant your children Ito\ to quitquit-drinking

    quit-drinkingdrinking , you'veyouve' got 'toto' quitquit-drinking

    quit-drinkingdrinking . If you wantwaht .. . youryour-children

    your-childrenchildren to dance , tlten', en youyou-have

    you-havehave to dance . " \

    TIdsThis ycar"sycarsyear'syears"' performanCe: camecame-aa little bit hard for atzcekCatzeekCatzeek-and

    atzcek-andand the othcrother dancers 9ff KJuk-KJukKiuk-KiukKJuk-wan

    Kiuk-

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    The people of Klukwan allall-consider

    all-

    considerconsider themselves famiyfamily] , andand-since

    and-sincesince Celebration 82 , fivfivefivememmemomemmemo-bersbers of that family hahav ffdieddied ,four

    ,in 19831983alonealone , atzeekatzeek-

    explainedatzeek-

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    brotherGeorge"ThereThere" was my brotherGeorge , JoJosepheph White , \,WillieWillie-Lee

    Willie-LeeLee , Uly Nye , and JaneJanet Aus-AusAus-tin

    Aus-

    tin--

    tin , " KatzeekKatzeekrecalledrecalled ., AmongAmong-those

    Among-thosethose were some of the , moremore-knowledgable

    more-knowledgableknowledgable members of thethe-community

    the-communitycommunity , the better dancersdancers-anan instructors .

    KatzeekKatzeeksaidsaid the people werewere-gripped

    were-grippedgripped by sadness ., and for aa-while

    a-whilewhile there ' was somesome doubtdoubt-they

    doubt-theythey would even perform inin-this

    In-thisthis year'syearsyear'scelebration' celebration .

    Katzeek recalled ' how thosethose-leaders

    those-leadersleaders among the deceaseddeceased-had

    deceased-hadhad taught them all of thethe-strong

    the-strongstrong power of the ThunderThunder-Thunder-bird

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    bird danClan . Remembering this ,they felt that those who hadhad-passed

    had-passedpassed on would want them toto-go

    to-gogo ahead and perform . AlsotheAlsothe-community

    Also ,; thethe-communitycommunity members plan toto-hold

    to-holdhold a memorial potlatch in-September

    inin-SeptemberSeptember and would need to

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    practice their singing and dancdanc-dancdanc-ing

    -.ing anyway .,

    .'WeWe"We"' practiced a lot of memomemmemo-orial

    mem-orialorialorialsongssongs ," Katzeek recalled ."ItIt" was solemn . Some were inin-tcars

    in-

    tearstcarstears . There was a lot ofofweepweep-weepweep-ing

    weep-ing

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    ing , bccausebecause of the saddenedsaddened-spirit

    saddened-spiritspirit we had been living withwith-for

    with-forfor so long. " Still , they diddid-not

    did-notnot want to come with just aa-sad

    a-

    sadsadsadnotenote , andandsoso they also per-perper-formed

    per-formed

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    formed happier songs , the songssongs-designed

    songs-designeddesigned to 11ftlift the spirits ofof-the

    of-thethe Tlingits , and to get themthem-through

    them-throughthrough hard times .

    Despite the hardtimes facedfaced-by

    faced-byby the village of KlukwanKlukwan-and

    Klukwan-andand the difficulty of puttingputting-onon an event such as the celecele-cele-bration

    .-

    bration , Katzeek expressed satis-satissatis-faction

    satis-faction

    --faction in the outcome .

    uThIs"ThisThis" is something that has aa-spirit

    a-spiritspirit of UsIts own ," he said .,Hit"ItIt" took ortoil life when it began,and it growsgrows . UkeLike any largelarge-gathering

    large-

    gatheringgathering , there .arar. are :; some hardhard-ligistical

    hard-ligisticalligistical prproblemsblems . We have toto-gather

    '

    gather in people from viIJagesvillagesviIJages-far

    villages-

    farfar away . It is a hard effort., ""Holding the celebration in aa-

    structurea-

    structurestructure suchsuchasas Juneau'sJuneaus' CenCen-CenCen-tennial

    -.tennial Hallhallalsoalso . creates somesome-cultural

    some-culturalcultural .conflictsconflicts. . After makingmaking-their

    making-theirtheir first performance , the dan .cers from Angoon were unceruncer-uncer-tafn

    .-

    taintafn whether they would perper-.-formperformagain when they wouldwould-not

    would-notnot be alloted much time .,HOnce"OnceOnce" we start our rituals ,"explained Matthew Fred , a tradi-traditradi-lonal

    tradi-ional

    --lonalional Chief, 'theythey"they'"' cannot bebe-stopped

    be-

    stoppedstopped until they are finished .,"Yet Ccentennial Hall openedopened-

    atat about 9 In ththe morning , andand-the

    and-thethe perfonnersperformers were expected toto-vacate

    to-vacatevacate the building by 10:301030: pmpm-each

    pm-eacheach evening.

    '-you

    y-

    ou'"ForFor" a potlatch , you would

    never sayay ., 'wewe' arearc going to singsing-sad

    sing-sadsadsadsongssongs from seven untiluntil-eight

    until-eighteight ," KatzcekKatzeek expl:1incdexpl1incdexplained: , "andand"and-from

    "and-from

    ""from nine to 10 we willwillsingsingsing-happy

    sing-

    happyhappy songs . TllereThere is a proces5process ,andandwewe know what it is , butbut-there

    but-therethere are not specific times forfor-things

    for-thingsthings .,"

    SrillStill , FredFied agreed that thethe-cclebration

    the-celebrationcclebrationcelebration had turned out wellwell-and

    well-andand was a good event to streng-strengstreng-then

    streng-strengstreng-then

    -

    then the cultures of SoutheastSoutheast-Alaska

    Southeast-AlaskaAlaska .,

    Much less money was spentspent-on

    spent-onon celebrationelebration 84 than in 1982 ,when Katzeek said the budgetbudget-ran

    budget-ranran to $134,000134000$ , . This year , hehe-expected

    he-expectedexpected the total sum to bebe-from

    be-fromfrom $40,00040000$ , to $60,00060000$ , ., withwith-aa greater portion of it comingcoming-from

    coming-fromfrom donations of the peoplepeople-who

    people-whowho attended . Also ticket salessales-were

    sales-

    werewere held for the first time thisthis-year

    this-yearyearyear , and there was a ramraffleraffle-forfor works off Native art whichwhich-K

    which-KatzeekKKatzeektzeek estimated brought inin-about

    in-aboutabout $7SOO7SOO$7,5007500$ , . .

    The Sealaska Corporation ,which this year made $44$ mil-milmil-lion

    -.

    lion in profits , but last yearyear-lost

    year-lostlost over 530$3030$ million , was notnot-able

    not-ableable to contribute as much asas-in

    as-inin 1982 . Katzeek felt that waswas-not

    was-

    notnot necessarily a bad thing .,If Native people are to trulytruly-

    conservetruly-

    conserveconserve their cultures , he ex-exex-plained

    ex-plained

    - .plained , they ,, mustmustVV, not waitwait-for

    wait-forfor grants from federal ., state ,private , and even Native cor-corcor-poration

    cor-poration

    --poration sources .

    "TheseThese"" are good , and nee-neenec-necnee-cessaryIt

    nec-cessary

    -

    cessaryItcessaryItKatzeekcessary ," Katzeek said , "butbut"" wewe-must

    we-

    mustmust do it ourselves ., The onlyonly-way

    only-wayway our culture wilwill survive is ifif-the

    if-thethe people

    ,,.whowho. , ho are knowledg-knowledgknowledg-

    ableknowledg-

    able-

    able ., are willingi11ing to give . ItIt-requires

    It-requiresrequires everybody'severybodys' coopera-cooperacoopera-tion

    coopera-tion

    --tion ."