Alutiiq Language Program receives Governor ’sAwards (fwd link)

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Alutiiq Language Program receives Governor’s Awards

Article published on Friday, October 23rd, 2009
By SAM FRIEDMAN
Mirror Writer

Kodiak’s Alutiiq Language Program received top humanities honors from Gov. Sean
Parnell Thursday night at the Arts and Humanities Governor’s Awards banquet in
Anchorage.

The language program received two separate awards: longtime Alutiiq language
teacher and volunteer Florence Pestrikoff received the Margaret Nick Cooke for
Native Arts and Languages Award. The Alutiiq Museum steward Koniag Inc.
received the Business Leadership in the Arts Award. The two awards were one of
seven presented for notable achievement in the arts and humanities.

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