Camp Qungaayux kicks off with fish preparation


Wednesday, August 11 2010
Unalaska, AK – For the past 13 years the Qawalangin Tribe has hosted Camp Qungaayux in Unalaska. The week-long culture camp teaches youth from around the region about traditional Unangan practices such as weaving, carving bentwood hats, and hunting seals. The camp starts out with a lesson on subsistence fishing. The 60 students set a net, harvested and killed the fish. Then, with the help of local subsistence fishermen, they learned to prepare the salmon for drying. KUCB's Anne Hillman gathered the sounds of the process and the students' reactions.