Readings & Press
Featured Reading
Ancestral Ways in New Words, Alaska Center for the Book Poetry Reading,
University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA) Bookstore, Anchorage, Alaska, November 2013
Selected Readings
Alutiiq Language Poetry & Story Reading, Kodiak Public Library, Kodiak, Alaska, February 2018
Kodiak Poetry Reading, Community Outreach Committee, Kodiak College, Kodiak, Alaska, 2014
Ancestral Ways in New Words, Alaska Center for the Book Poetry Reading, UAA Bookstore, Anchorage, November 2013
Red Cedar of Afognak Book Signing
Next Page Bookstore, Kodiak & at Native Village of Port Lions Tribal Hall, October 2004
Book Signing with Afognak Elder JP
Afognak Shareholders Alisha Drabek, John “JP” Pestrikoff, and Gloria (Nelson) Selby in Port Lions celebrate their Red Cedar of Afognak: A Driftwood Journey children’s book signing, 2004
Featured Press
Indian Country Today
NPR Weekend Passport, WBEZ PBS Chicago
NPR Weekend Passport, WBEZ PBS Chicago
Speak Like a Person: Alutiiq Language Program Develops Materials & Speakers,
July 2008
NPR Weekend Passport, WBEZ PBS Chicago
NPR Weekend Passport, WBEZ PBS Chicago
NPR Weekend Passport, WBEZ PBS Chicago
Indigenous Alaskans Try To Save Their Language, Worldview with Jerome McDonnell, January 2018
Alaska Native News
NPR Weekend Passport, WBEZ PBS Chicago
Alaska Native News
Igaruarcirpet:
Our Way of
Making Designs,
February 2018
Other Press
Alaska Book Week Website, Alaska Center for the Book — Anchorage, AK
Iqsanim Ancirsuutii: Iqsani’s Trout Hook children’s book promotion, 2021
Alaska State Libraries, Archives, & Museums Friday Bulletin Website, New resources from the Alutiiq Museum: children’s book and tool identification, 2021
Koniag Cultural Connection Website
Kodiak Daily Mirror — Kodiak, AK
Alutiiq Museum releases children’s book, Sep 2021; Doc. student examines Alutiiq lit., Aug 2011; Native Roots: Children’s book teaches Alutiiq history, lang. & culture, Feb 2005
Native News — Homer, AK, Igaruacirpet: Our Way of Making Designs, Feb 28, 2018
Weekend Passport by Jerome McDonnell, WBEZ PBS — Chicago, IL, Indigenous Alaskans try to save their language Jan 5, 2018
KMXT Radio — Kodiak, AK
Alutiiq Museum releases new e-books for app Jun 15, 2017;
Drabek appointed to Indigenous seat on Alaska Historical Commission Feb 4, 2016;
Alutiiq Museum welcomes Alisha Drabek as new Director Aug 6, 2013;
Alutiiq Studies Prog. wraps up inaugural year May 16, 2013; Off the Shelf Literature Show Aug 2011;
Kodiak H.S. Alutiiq lang. class Dec 14, 2010;
Red Cedar of Afognak, American Book Award interview Aug 2005
Indian Country Today
Speak like a person: Alutiiq lang. prog. develops materials, speakers Oct 2011
KNBA Radio — Anchorage, AK Red Cedar of Afognak, American Book Award interview Aug 2005
Kodiak Community Speeches
Fire-Themed Stories and Metaphors in Alutiiq Storytelling, Alutiiq Museum, Kodiak, Alaska, February 2020
Alutiiq Relationship to Bear
4H Bear Autopsy Workshop, Kodiak, Alaska, February 2020
History of Alutiiq Education & Alutiiq Cultural Orientation, KIBSD Teacher In-service Trainings, September 2016
Alutiiq Cultural Orientation to various audiences: Arctic Care, USCG, KIBSD, KANA employees, 2014-2016
Exploring Alutiiq Literature
Alutiiq Museum Fall Lecture Series, Kodiak, Alaska, August 2011
Alutiiq Storytelling Workshop
Creating Culturally Responsive Schools Institute, Kodiak, Alaska, June 2005
Cleansing Stone Ceremony
Esgarlluku Taquka'aq - Awakening Bear Celebration, Kodiak, Alaska, May 2004
Alutiiq Cultural Sustainability
UAF Alaska Rural Systemic Initiative Workshop, Kodiak, Alaska, October 1999
State, National & International Speeches
Sugpiaq Alutiiq Overview, UAF Alaska Policy Frontiers graduate course with Dr. Willie Hensley, Zoom, February 2021
Keep Talking Film Screening Panel, Indigenous Film Festival, National Museum of the American Indian, DC, February 2018
Alutiiq Regional Collaborations, Being Good Relatives Gathering, First Alaskans Institute, Anchorage, Alaska, November 2018
Collaborative Language Revitalization, Instruction & Leadership
BMEEC Conference, Anchorage, Alaska, April 2012
Blending Indigenous Story with Science
Tribal Archives, Libraries, & Museums National Conf., Portland, Oregon, December 2008
Blending Indigenous Story with Science
Worlds Indigenous Peoples Conference on Education (WIPCE), Melbourne, Australia, December 2008
Alutiiq Collaborative Leadership
World Indigenous Peoples Conference on Education (WIPCE), University of Waikato, New Zealand, November 2005
Alutiiq Region Education Summit Report
First Alaskans Summit, Anchorage, Alaska, November 2002
Alutiiq Cultural Sustainability
Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, Cortez, Colorado, October 2000