A part of the Indigenous Wellness Academy – TCC Youth Wellness Warriors Track
The Leadership through Arts Training will team up youth with professionally trained Artists from all over the world.
Teams will be divided into four clans. Each clan will learn expressions and influence through different art such as Hip-Hop, Professional Dance, multimedia, movement, and Culture.
The one month training will follow the four themes of Gathering of Alaska Natives (GOAN) Belonging – Mastery – Interdependence – Generosity.
Earn a certification of completion to add to your resume!
Invited Guest Artist Speakers
Ron (Kaboose) Wilson (Hip-Hop) is a hip-hop artist, youth mentor, basketball coach/trainer, and motivational speaker.
Rulan Tangen has a background of work in professional dance, film, television, opera, circus , powwow, which prepared her to bring to life a long held dream, to create DANCING EARTH – an Indigenous contemporary dance theater group which has created amazing opportunities for Native people onstage and backstage,
touring to 8 countries and 18 states.
Sage Andrew Romero is a Tovowahamatu Numu (Big Pine Paiute)/Tuah-Tahi (Taos Pueblo) tribal member and founder of the AkaMya Culture Group based in Tovowahamatu. Payahu Nadu (Big Pine, Owens Valley). His Company AkaMya is a culturally based group which focuses on Indigenous Dance, Song, Culture and Identity, while also utilizing multimedia (Film/Photography/ Sound) mediums to raise awareness of indigenous people today.
Registration
- Complete our Application (pdf download)
- Must have access to the internet for virtual classes
- must reside in a rural community within the TCC region
- Must be between the ages 13-25 years old.
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Questions?
Isabelle Salmon, Division of Wellness & Prevention
907-452-8251 ext. 3004
isabelle.salmon@tananachiefs.org
To learn more about the Prevention Through Wellness Program please visit https://www.tananachiefs.org/services/wellness-prevention/