Registration not required

When: Tuesday, February 18. Doors open at 6:30PM. Presentation begins at 7PM.

Where: We’ll meet at the Palmer Train Depot in downtown Palmer.

Is registration required? No.

About Sondra Shaginoff-Stuart: Sondra is from Nay’dina’a’na’ Kayax (Chickaloon Village) Ahtna Dene and Kooyooe Tiukadu, Pyramid Lake Paiute (Nevada) reservation. She is a mother of three and grandmother to her precious granddaughter. Currently, she is Assistant Professor of Alaska Native Studies at the University of Alaska, Anchorage.

Sondra runs and operates her own business, Nakenaege’ Dahwsel’deldiix-Our Language Came Back, and contracts with tribes on Native Language work. She is a Ph.D. candidate working on advancing the Ahtna Dene Language through cultural projects and healing language practice, from the University of Alaska, Fairbank. She currently serves on the Kenaitze Indian Tribe’s Education Committee.

Sondra believes in serving her people in the best way possible, thinking good for Indigenous people through this process of education and cultural practices.

Cost to attend: This event is free for the community to attend. Donations are greatly appreciated. If you would like to contribute to the Mat-Su Trails and Parks Foundation, the organization will accept both electronic and cash donations at each speaker event. Donations are tax-deductible.

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What is the winter speaker series? The Mat-Su Trails and Parks Foundation & Revel are hosting monthly educational lectures/presentations from November 2024 through April 2025. Each month we highlight a different recreation topic, connecting locals to a variety of opportunities and stories from our area.

Our goal? We hope the series sparks curiosity and encourages locals to ask questions, continue learning, and build community. If you have any questions about this event, the speaker series or have ideas for future presentations, please call us 907-903-1664.