Ounalashka Corp - The Eider Pointer Newsletter_April2019

The Eider
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News and helpful information for the Ounalashka Corporation community
APRIL 2019
Mission Statement
To continue as a prosperous
corporation through excellence
in education and management,
to benefit Shareholders thereby
strengthening Unangan culture,
and to be the premier village
corporation.
BOARD PROFILE
Vince Tutiakoff Sr.
BOARD CHAIR
1. Where did you grow up?
Where do you live currently?
I was born in Unalaska in 1948. It was a very

I was also stationed outside of Alaska during my
time in the US Navy from 1967-1971 at a base in
Pax River, Maryland and for two tours in Vietnam.
different place then, with maybe 200 Unangan at 2. Do you have a family?
the time. The roads were gravel, and we went to
school in a small four-room schoolhouse from first
through eighth grade. At the time, most of us went
to boarding school after the eighth grade, and I
My wife Doretta and I have been married
for going on 47 years and have six children.
They are all adults now, and we have four
grandchildren – two boys and two girls.
left to attend Chemawa High, and some went to 3. Do you practice subsistence or other traditions?
Mount Edgecumbe. I have also lived in Nikolski,
St. Paul, Adak and Anchorage, but Unalaska has
always been home, and I live here today.
I am a proud subsistence hunter and fisherman.
I grew up in a community that survived off the
beaches and lands of Unalaska. I was raised by
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