AkNOS Statewide '08 Schedule of Events

Alaska Native Oratory Society 2008 Statewide Competition Your Voices Our Future University of Alaska Anchorage Rasmuson Hall Saturday April 12th This event is free and open to the public.
We are excited to hold the 7th annual Alaska Native Oratory Society Statewide Competition on Saturday April 12, 2008. Registration, orientation, and information will be held on the University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA) campus in Rasmuson Hall. High school and university students from across Alaska will compete in four speaking categories: Oratory, Storytelling, Native Languages, Dramatic Declamation and in a People's Choice Award category—Traditional Introductions. We invite you to hear our students speak passionately from their hearts on a variety of issues and topics. They speak out "even when their voices shake" so that their voices become our future. This year we're thrilled to have a Student Keynote Speaker and a keynote speaker. This year's student keynote speaker is Lyle James (Tlingit), 2007 1st Place Oratory. Lyle will give a workshop for AkNOS student competitors on Friday April 11th at Native Student Services in Rasmuson Hall and on Saturday April 12th, he'll give the keynote student speech to open the Alaska Native Oratory Society Statewide Competition. The 2008 Alaska Native Oratory Society Keynote Speaker is Iver Malutin (Kodiak). Iver is a member of the Sun'aq Tribe of Kodiak, the KANA Elder Public Relations Advocate, Alaska Commission of Aging, Alaska Native Advisory Health Board, the NRC & ANTHC Advisory Board, and served as on the Board and President of the Board of Koniag Regional Corporation and Afognak Native Corporation. Iver will open the AkNOS Awards Banquet and Celebration at the Alaska Native Heritage Center on Saturday April 12th at 6:30pm The Kicaput Dancers will share Yup'ik/Cup'ik songs and dances from the Yukon-Kuskokwim delta in Southwest Alaska. The dance group was started in 1996 by Ben Snowball, originally from the village of Stebbins. The dance group's songs were passed down and they're happy to share the songs and dances from their home villages. You can find more information about this dance group at the Kicaput Dancers homepage The UAA Alaska Native Studies Dance Class is taught by Marie Meade (Yup'ik) from Nunapitchuk.

Alaska Native Oratory Society 2008 Statewide Competition Schedule of Events for Saturday April 12, 2008 University of Alaska Anchorage Rasmuson Hall Lobby Parking is Free (see map for location & directions) Locations for speaking events will be posted in the Rasmuson Hall Lobby
8:00am	Check-in and Registration for competitors and judges in the Rasmuson Hall (RH) Lobby on the University of Alaska Anchorage campus Continental Breakfast for competitors, chaperones, judges, and AkNOS staff (meal tickets are required) in Native Student Services (NSS) in RH
8:30am	Competitor & Judge Orientation in Native Student Services Words of Welcome & Orientation Overview, AkNOS Director, Professor Nancy J. Furlow Introduction of AkNOS Staff Judges Orientation Student Competitors Orientation Q & A Session
9:30am	Opening Assembly in Rasmuson Hall, Room 110 Words of Welcome, AkNOS Director Professor Nancy J. Furlow (Tlingit) MC Christopher Smith, AkNOS Alum & AkNOS Student Assistant Student Keynote Speaker, Lyle James (Tlingit), University of Alaska Southeast, 2007 1st Place Oratory
10:30am	Round 1—All Speaking Events (Oratory, Dramatic Declamation, Storytelling, and Native Languages) Specific rooms locations will be posted in RH Lobby. Maps will be available for all room locations
12:00noon	Lunch Break Lunch provided for competitors, chaperones, judges, and AkNOS staff in NSS Note for audience members. Many food businesses deliver to the UAA campus. You might want to pre-order a lunch delivery. A list & phone numbers available at Registration Table. There are also many restaurants and fast food restaurants near the campus on Tudor, Lake Otis, & Northern Lights. Campus restaurants are closed on Saturday.
12:30pm	Traditional Introductions, Rasmuson Hall, Room 110 This is a People's Choice Award category. This means the audience will choose the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place Traditional Introductions. Plan to clap, yell, and cheer on for your favorite Traditional Introduction!
1:30pm	Round 2—All Speaking Events (Oratory, Dramatic Declamation, Storytelling, and Native Languages) Specific room locations will be posted in the RH Lobby. Maps will be available for all room locations.
3:30 to 5:00pm	Final Round—All Speaking Events (Oratory, Dramatic Declamation, Storytelling, and Native Languages) Specific room locations will be posted in RH Lobby. Maps will be available for all room locations. Note: Ending time is approximate and will depend on the length of each Final Round.
5:15pm to 5:30pm	Closing Remarks in Rasmuson Hall, Room 110 **Note: time is approximate and will depend on length of Final Round. Closing Remarks could start 15 minutes earlier. MC Christopher Smith AkNOS Director Professor Nancy J. Furlow Directions to the Alaska Native Heritage Center AkNOS Awards Banquet and Celebration Please let AkNOS Staff know if you need a ride to the AkNOS Awards Banquet.

Alaska Native Oratory Society 2008 Awards Celebration Schedule of Events Alaska Native Heritage Center Saturday April 12th 7pm to 10pm (Event is free and open to the public)

7:00pm	Opening Remarks and Welcome ≈ Nancy J. Furlow (Tlingit), Director Alaska Native Oratory Society ≈ MC Christopher Smith, AkNOS alum
7:15pm	Keynote Speaker, Iver Malutin (Alutiiq) ≈ Iver Malutin—Sun'aq Tribe of Kodiak member, Kodiak Area Native Association (KANA) Elder Public Relations Advocate, Alaska Commission on Aging, Alaska Native Elder Advisory Committee, National Resource Center for American Indian, Alaska Native & Native Hawaiian Elders & Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium Advisory Committee, served on Board & President of the Board for Koniag Regional Corporation and Afognak Native Corporation, Veteran US Army, & commercial fisherman.
7:35pm	Alaska Native Studies Dance Class ≈ Marie Meade, dance leader
8:00pm	Top AkNOS Statewide 2008 Speeches ≈ Top Place Traditional Introductions ≈ Top Place Native Languages ≈ Top Place Dramatic Declamation
8:45pm	Kicaput Dance Group ≈ Angela Young, dance leader ≈Dances and songs of the Yup'ik and Cup'ik regions of Alaska. See their website for more information: http://www.kicaputdancers.com
9:10pm	Top AkNOS Statewide Speeches, continued ≈ Top Place Storytelling ≈ Top Place Oratory ≈ Passing of the Oratory Talking Stick by Lyle James
9:50pm	Closing Remarks

Door Prizes will be given away throughout the evening. See the Donation Page on the Alaska Native Oratory Society website for donation information.