Every year Sugpiat kids gather for Akhiok Kids Camp to connect with and celebrate knowledge their Ancestors grew for over 7500 years. But a barrier lies between the kids and their Ancestors: 200 years of colonial suppression that reduced their words to whispers. The Camp is part of the race against time to repatriate and reawaken Sugpaq knowledge and culture.
Cheri Simeonoff and her husband Speridon run the Akhiok Kids Camp, but she is now fighting an aggressive cancer. Her family has created this Gofundme page for donations to help with travel expenses from Akhiok to Anchorage where she’s being treated.