Newsletter - October, Page 8

The CIRI Board of Directors and staff extend our sincere condolences to the family and friends of the following shareholders who have passed away:

Ruth E. Blatchford, 49

Ruth E. Blatchford of Anchorage, Alaska died June 27, 1999 at her residence. Mrs. Blatchford was born July 15, 1950 in Fairbanks, Alaska. She is survived by her husband Joe D. Blatchford; sons Daniel J. Martinez, Shawn T. Martinez and Burton H. Twitchell; daughter Monica A. Martinez; ex-husband Ken J. Martinez; father Timothy Twitchell Sr.; brothers Timothy and Matthew Twitchell; sisters Lois L. Stover, Ester E. Lurson, Eunice A.Pacheco, Racheal I. McCarthy, Hannah I. Broussard, Mary and Rebecca Twitchell; and five grandchildren.

Anita L. Ciarlo, 54

Anita L. Ciarlo of Dayton, Ohio died December 10, 1998 at her residence. Ms. Ciarlo was born July 26, 1944 in New Castle, Indiana. She is survived by her daughter Tina Neves; son Christopher L. Grierson; step-daughter Shawna D. Martinez and step-son Jay E. Ciarlo.

Edith Carol Fraley, 61

Edith C. Fraley of Anchorage, Alaska died August 9, 1999 at her home. Ms. Fraley was born June 20, 1938 on King Island, Alaska. She is survived by her sons Roger Newton, Daniel Rediske, Linval L. Fraley Jr., Wesley Fraley and Richard Putkonen; daughters Karen J. Moore and Carma J. Fraley; grandchildren Kyle Moore, Michael D. and Christie A. Fraley.

Trudy E. Lamont, 26

Trudy E. Lamont of Anchorage, Alaska died July 1, 1999 at her residence. Mrs. Lamont was born June 27, 1973 in Soldotna, Alaska. She is survived by her husband William Lamont Jr.; sons Billy and Joey; daughter Desirae; mother Scharlott Curtis; brothers Jason and Ruben Curtis; sisters Jolene Curtis and Amber Gardner

Thomas Munson, Sr., 76

Thomas Munson, Sr. of Anchorage, AK died July 23, 1999 at the Alaska Native Medical Center in Anchorage, Alaska. Mr. Munson was born January 26, 1923 in Akutan, Alaska. He is survived by his daughter Joni Munson; sons Thomas Jr. and Harold Munson; grandchildren Tanya Salazar, Christopher Ondola, Jason Anderson, Brendon Munson, Bodean Kuphaldt, Karina Munson and great-grandchild Caliegha Salazar.

Abram Evon Wilson, Sr., 53

Abram E. Wilson, Sr. of Nondalton, Alaska died August 7, 1999. Mr. Wilson was born October 24, 1945 in Nondalton, Alaska. He is survived by his sons Eugene J. and Abram E. Wilson, Jr.; daughters Betty J. and Michelle M. Wilson.

CONDOLENCES

Odman H. Schmalzried, 38, Wasilla, AK

Muriel Amy Toms Slayton, 59, Wasilla, AK

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Maria Williams Receives Postdoctoral Fellowship

Maria Williams, a CIRI shareholder of Tlingit descent and assistant research professor at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, received a 1998/1999 Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship. She was hosted by Dr. Gordon Pullar (Alutiq) director of the Department of Alaska Native and Rural Development.

Williams received her Ph.D. in Ethomusicology, which essentially is the study of music, dance and culture, from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1996. Her dissertation, entitled "Alaska Native Music and Dance: the Spirit of Survival" focused on the renaissance of Alaska Native music, song and dance.

The Ford Foundation fellowship awarded her a $27,000 research stipend to study and research Alaska Native song and dance. Her particular emphasis was on what she refers to as surviving ceremonial repertoires. In relation to this, she focused more on Tlingit clans songs and the Inupiat Wolf Dance of the King Islanders.

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Maria Williams

Williams is interested in connecting the ceremonial repertoires, songs and dance to Alaska Native religions in existence before their mass conversion to Christianity. These original Alaska Native religions

formed the foundation of their sense of self and served to link them together within a unified group. Also, their original religion created a framework for a unique reality and worldview. Williams is also interested in how to better understand the kind of intellectuality and way of thinking that resulted from these original Alaska Native religions.

Currently, she is organizing her research chapters into a book. With her book, Williams wants to share with her readers her sense of how profound and meaningful these ceremonial repertoires really were and hopes that a better understanding and appreciation of them will result.

Baby Dale

Dale Franco Robert Standifer was born August 12 and weighed in at eight pounds, two ounces and was 20 inches long. Dale is the daughter of Janelle Lynn Standifer, granddaughter of CIRI shareholders Ernest and Judy Baker, and great granddaughter of CIRI shareholder Elizabeth Baker.

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Baby Dale and mother

In Touch Correction

In the September issue of the Shareholder Update, the In Touch section ran a photo of Tamara Lee Childs posing with her diploma. The photo is actually of her second diploma in human services