22 Jul Learning from Our Ancestors
In this summer’s Indigenous Water Technologies camp, high schoolers research the past and build upon it with modern tools...
Cultural Knowledge Tag
24 Jun Fishing for Connection
Families learned to prepare their new dip nets for fishing as part of CITC's cultural outreach programming...
06 Jun Alaska’s Future Leaders Take a Look Back
CITC's annual Tribal Youth Leadership Summit connected young future leaders with some of the architects of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act...
13 May CITC’s 2023 Community Impact Report
In 2023, CITC grew its services to reach even more individuals and families. With more than 50 programs across five core service areas, along with three affiliate organizations, we helped our people build a clear path to a thriving future. Learn more about our impact in...
19 Apr A Hunger for Cultural Connection
"With this event, we're hoping to reach out to more of our families who really crave and hunger for [...
14 Dec Come As You Are: Ankse “Terrence” Long
“I’m trying to become a role model for a lot of different Indigenous people to show that we can 100 percent prosper in a Western culture.”...
27 Oct Our Future Ancestors: A Story of Education in Alaska
Across Alaska, a transformative initiative has been brewing, shaping the very foundation of education for generations to come. The mission? To engage in profound conversations and envision what culturally-relevant education in Alaska could look like...
23 Oct Parents as Teachers
Babies don’t come with an instruction manual. But parents who participate in the Ch’anik’en Home Visiting program get something better than a how-to book: They receive hands-on guidance in parenting skills from a family mentor...
13 Oct A New Generation of Yup’ik Speakers
Not so long ago, Alaska Native children were often forbidden from speaking their Native languages. In 2017, the Clare Swan Early Learning Center (CSELC) took a step toward revitalizing Alaska Native language when it created Anchorage’s first early childhood Yup’ik immersion classroom...
13 Oct CITC Flashback: Making Language History
In 2017, the Clare Swan Early Learning Center launched Anchorage's first early childhood Yup'ik language immersion class...