Speaker Registry

Sally Ash was born and raised in Nanwalek. After training as a hairdresser, she went on to teach at a Sugt'stun immersion school along with her sister, Rhoda Moonin.

Rhoda Moonin is a fluent Sugt'stun speaker who has worked as language coordinator in an immersion preschool.

Paul Kahutak was born on Woody Island or "Tangirnaq". In addition to his military service, he has worked as a seine fisherman, a subsistence hunter, and an Alutiiq teacher.

Irene was born in Akhiok. She learned Alutiiq by listening to her father, grandmother, and grandfather, and has helped to establish an Alutiiq language learning program in Anchorage in collaboration with Fred Coyle and John Yakanak.

Ephim Moonin was born in Nanwalek to Herman and Annie Moonin. He grew up speaking only Sugt'stun until he went to school.

Born in Old Harbor to Walter and Julia Melovedoff, Sally Carlough grew up in Kaguyak. She has since lived in Kodiak, Akhiok, and Anchorage.