During our lunch break (I had a reindeer hotdog - and oh boy are they absolutely delish!!) on the first day at the Heritage Center, I watched some Alaskans performing dances from their culture.
On the second day right after our lunch break (for lunch I had an avocado and reindeer sausage sammich!!), we went on a tour of the different native buildings that had been recreated at the Heritage Center.
The above and below photos contain the jawbone of a bow headed whale. Such a huge animal that the native Alaskans would hunt!!
The above photo is an example of what families would store their food in. They wouldn't store their food in their houses because bears and wolves would smell out the food and come in during the day or night and destroy everything/everyone. A single family unit (an extended family unit, usually consisting of 20-ish people) would have about 10 to 12 of these storage units. During the time before snow machines, when families used teams of dogs pulling a sled as their main mode of transportation, enough fish would have to be stored to feed both the entire family and their dogs.
OH!! And because I feel bad for not posting every day like I did last week, here are some photos from Camp K on Kenai lake. (A little fun fact: The "K" in Camp K stands for Kushtaka, but there is a native legend that the Kushtaka are stealers of children, so that name was changed rather quickly.)
This is me and Skoobie, the only other 20-year-old in the program. We are the second youngest (there are two 19-year-olds). The following photos were taken the afternoon of my engagement day.
I think I shall wrap this post up with the following.
My name is Kayla Frost.
I am 20 years old.
I am currently in Anchorage, Alaska.
And by the end of next summer...
I will be Kayla Parker.
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