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The Kuskokwim Educational Foundation's fall auction will be starting soon! Visit their facebook page to get up to date information on the auction's start and end time! One hundred percent of the proceeds from this auction go directly to helping our Shareholder students achieve their education, career and cultural learning goals. Don't miss out on this opportunity to purchase some amazing items while also supporting a good cause!

KEF is still accepting donations for their 2023 Fall Silent Auction. Acceptable items may include beadwork, jewelry, sewn items, crocheted or knitted pieces, ceramics, paintings, prints, other fine art and hand-made goods. We are asking for all donations to be received at TKC's Anchorage Office by October 6.

If you are interested in donating items or want to learn more, please contact KEF at (907) 676-1096, email KEF@kuskokwim.com or send KEF a facebook message! ... See MoreSee Less

Submit your photo(s) to be featured in our 2024 TKC Calendar! Send us your photo(s) using this easy-to-use form: bit.ly/2024-TKC-Calendar. You can also send them via email to tkcnews@kuskokwim.com. Make sure to include your full name, a brief description of the photo, and the community or area it was taken.

Our goal is to include a photo to represent each of our Shareholder communities! Acceptable photos may include:
- Landscape scenery - rivers, lakes, creeks, mountains, hills, landmarks, etc.
- Nature photos - flowers, trees, tundra, plants, animals, etc.
- Subsistence lifestyle - full berry buckets, cutting fish, smokehouse, traditional foods, etc.

Please note, photo files must be large and high quality enough to be printed. Original photos are preferred. Please avoid sending screenshots of photos or photos saved from Facebook. ... See MoreSee Less

Shareholder Shoutout! Congratulations to TKC Elder Clara Morgan for the much deserved AVCP Elder of the Year Award! Gramma Clara's wisdom and love has helped guide generations of TKC Shareholders in the Middle Kuskokwim ❤️AVCP awards Clara Morgan with the Elder of the Year Award in 2023. This award recognizes an Alaska Native Elder who exemplifies the highest of values and qualities important to Native people. This individual is recognized as a leader, an educator and a preserver of the Native culture whose contributions have benefited Native peoples throughout his/her life.

Clara Morgan is an elder from the upper Kuskokwim river area in Aniak, Alaska. Her parents are Karlton Baldwin and Olinga Vaska Gregory and they moved to Aniak in 1957. Clara was born and raised in the Kalskag/Aniak area.

Ms. Morgan married Billy Morgan in 1958 and they have five sons and three daughters. They have 86 grandchildren.

Clara Morgan and Billy volunteered as medical aides for 10 years and became a health aide in 1958 to 1959 in Aniak. She worked for the Yukon-Kuskwim Health Corporation for 32 years and retired in 2000. The clinic in Aniak is named Clara Morgan Aniak Clinic.

Clara is currently serving as a tribal council member, a city council member, and helps with the Catholic Church and with burials when there is no priest or Eucharistic Minister. She is highly a respected elder in her community and in the surrounding villages in the upper Kuskokwim villages.

Clara is a respected elder of Aniak Community. She is a well-known person throughout the State of Alaska. Even at her age, she volunteers and works tirelessly with everyone. She loves to tell stories and is so full of knowledge, especially with our cultural way of life. She has and still wears many hats being an active person in the community of Aniak.

Ms. Morgan likes to sew skins, knit, crochet, cut fish, and does subsistence all year round.

Clara likes to say, "learn to respect elders, help them, and don't ask for pay." "Finish high school, read, and study." "Learn the subsistence way of life because it's going to get hard."

Congratulations Clara on your achievements. ... See MoreSee Less

To encourage intergenerational learning and sharing, TKC is excited to sponsor a group of Shareholder Elders and Youth (Grades 7 -12) to attend the First Alaskans Institute's 2023 Elders & Youth Conference October 15-18 in Anchorage.

If you are interested in attending, please apply ASAP: bit.ly/TKC-App-Elders-and-Youth. Please note, youth applicants must get permission from parent or legal guardian to attend. Completed applications can be sent to us via email at info@kuskokwim.com or faxed to our Anchorage office at (907) 243-2984. ... See MoreSee Less