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 Alaska Native Oratory Society
Southcentral Regional Competition

Chief Marie Smith Jones
Saturday March 1st

Your Voices
Our Future


This competition was dedicated to the life of Chief Marie Smith Jones


The UAA Alaska Native Oratory Society Regional Competition was held on Saturday March 1, 2008 in the Social Sciences Building (SSB), Room 119, on the UAA campus. The AkNOS Southcentral Regional Competition was open to all high school and university students in the Southcentral region. Students competed in one of four speech categories: Oratory, Declamation, Storytelling, and Native Languages. A special category, a Peoples Choice Award, in Traditional Introductions was also offered.
Altona Rathbun 2006 1st Place Oratory speaker
Altona Rathbun
, received the 1st place Oratory Award in the 2006 Alaska Native Oratory Society Statewide Competition. Altona was asked to come speak as an experienced AkNOS competitor. Through AkNOS Altona realized one of her greatest passions was public speaking. Through the power of the spoken word, Altona inspires audiences and her speech at the 2008 Southcentral Regional competition continued this tradtion as she inspired our student competitors.

Jeane Breinig (Haida), Keynote Speaker Jeane Breinig, Haida, was the keynote speaker. Jeane gave a stirring speech on the importance of our Alaska Native languages and revitalization efforts across the state. The recent death of Chief Marie Smith Jones, the last fluent speaker of the Eyak language, highlights the importance of language learning, language retention, and the development of teaching materials. Student participants and audience members were moved when Jeane played Chief Jones', The Lament for Eyak.




Alaska Native Oratory Society
Southcentral 2008 Regional Competition
Results & Highlights

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All events were held in the University of Alaska Anchorage Social Science Building (SSB)

Saturday's Event was a huge success. Fifteen University of Alaska Anchorage students entered the Alaska Native Oratory Society Southcentral Regional Competition making it our largest Regional Competition to date. There were student speeches in Oratory, Storytelling, Dramatic Declamation, and Native Languages. Judges and audience members said the Regional Competition speeches were more like Statewide speeches because they were powerful, focused, and well prepared. Congratulations to all our student competitors!

There was one Preliminary Round and one Final Round in Oratory and Storytelling. Fewer than four students entered both Dramatic Declamation and Native Languages, so the Preliminary Round was the only round in those events.


 
Alaska Native Oratory Society
2008 Southcentral Regional
Competition Results



Oratory
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 1st Place:
 Uyuriukaraq (Lily) Ulran—$250.00 1st place award

 2nd Place:
 Jaqueline Garcia—$150.00 2nd place award

 3rd Place:
 Melissa Okitkun— $100.00 3rd place award

 Oratory Honors:
 Barbara Franks, J.P. Ouellette, Joan Tovsen

   Tina Woods, Alice Luther, Ruth Fischer

Jaqueline Garcia 
Jaqueline Garcia

   
Storytelling
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 1st Place:
 Marian Green—$250.00 1st place award

 2nd Place:
 Christel Kristek—$150.00 2nd place award

 3rd Place:
 Candis Anderson—$100.00 3rd place award

 Storytelling Honors:  Leslie Jones & Camille Sanford

Christel Kristek and son
Christel Kristek and son

   
Native Languages
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1st Place:
 Marian Green—$100.00 1st place award*  (Siberian Yup'ik)

Native Languages
Honors
 Uyuriukaraq (Lily) Ulran

Native Languages Student Competitors and Judges 
Larry Kairaiuak, Marian Green, Uyuriukaraq Ulran, George Charles

   
Dramatic Declamation
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1st Place:
 Meda Ferrenburg—$50.00 1st place award*

Meda Ferrenburg 
Meda Ferrenburg

   
   
* See "Notes on Entries and Award Money on the Competition Information Page 

   
 
 Ruth Fischer
Ruth Fischer, Oratory
Marian Green,1st place Storytelling & Native Languages
Marian Green
1st place Storytelling & Native Languages
 Barbara Franks
Barbara Franks, Oratory
 2008 Regional Student Competitors
2008 Southcentral Regional
Student Competitors
 Larry Merculieff and George Pletnikoff
Larry Merculieff and George Pletnikoff
Judges have fun too!
 Julie Coburn, Haida
Julie Coburn, Haida
 
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Thank You
to all our
Alaska Native Oratory Society
Supporters

 
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 Special Thanks to the following individuals for their volunteer time, donations, and support:
Jeane Breinig, Douglas Causey, Julie Coburn, Penny Golden, Sarah Hinson, Jennifer McCarty, Altona Rathbun, Marva Watson, & Shawnalee Whitney

 to our student assistants:
Christopher Smith and Mei Yueh Lim

to our Judges:
Michael Baum, Jeane Breinig, George Charles, Claudette Engblom-Bradley, Michael Engbom-Bradley, Patricia Fagan, Phyllis Fast, Floyd Guthrie, Larry Kairaluak, Terry Kelly, James La Belle, Larry Merculieff, George Pletnikoff, Jack Roderick, Steve Sumida

and to the Dance Group:
Kicaput Dance Group


Special Note: Our judges generously donate their time to support our Alaska Native Oratory Society student competitors develop their public speaking skills. Many of our judges participate in several AkNOS competitions a year and work with students individually in-between competitions. Judges, we couldn't do this this without you.  Gunalacheesh!   Nancy Furlow, Alaska Native Oratory Society Director.
 
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Phone: (907) 786-6136 or (907) 786-6148
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Page Updated: 3/12/08  By:  Nancy Furlow