Summary
Sally Ash was born and raised in Nanwalek. After training as a hairdresser, she went on to teach at a Sugt’stun immersion school along with her sister, Rhoda Moonin.
Description
Sally Ash was born and raised in Nanwalek. She went to school in Seldovia, where she met her husband. After training as a hairdresser, she went on to teach at a Sugt’stun immersion school along with her sister, Rhoda Moonin. Sally Ash has four children and many grandchildren with whom she regularly speaks Sugt’stun.
Cultural Narrative
“Ekgiliyukut, ekgilinguasaq. Qamiiyartukut. Qamegkwarkautaarpet Alutiit’stun, Sugt’stun. Nupuglluta cilla.”
“We are dwindling, dwindling. We are being extinguished. We can’t let our Alutiiq, our Sugt’stun go out. We must always speak.”