Lockwood Hills Federal is one of NANA ’ S newest subsidiaries and is part of the Federal group , Akima , LLC . Formed in 2017 , it is unique among the Akima companies , as it offers expertise in four different areas : administrative , aviation , protective and logistic services .

Recently , Lockwood Hills Federal won a management services contract with NASA valued at $ 31.5 million . The company will provide institutional logistics management services for NASA ’ s Ames Research

Center in Moffett Field , California . Ames ’ key goals include maintaining expertise in information technology ; aerospace and aeronautics research and engineering ; conducting research in space , earth , lunar and biological sciences ; developing lead status for NASA in small spacecraft missions ; expanding public and private partnerships ; and contributing innovative , high performance and reliable exploration technologies . Core areas of expertise include entry systems , supercomputing ,

wind tunnels , NextGen Air Transportation , biology and astrobiology , cost-effective space missions , autonomy and robotics , human systems integrations , exoplanets and airborne sciences .

This recent contract win is one of many in the Akima family of companies . Akima , LLC is a holding company that supports a variety of federal and commercial service clients , headquartered in Herndon , Virginia . •

NASA Ames ’ Research Center , located in Silicon Valley , California just south of San Francisco . Silicon Valley is home to some of the world ’ s largest tech companies like Apple , Google , Facebook , Amazon and Microsoft .

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• Department of Energy

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This is part of a series . Elders from the NANA region shared stories with Hilda Narvauġauraq Haas , a shareholder originally from Shungnak . These are excerpts from their conversations , translated from Iñupiaq .

Every spring , around March or the first of April , my family would move to Sealing Point ( our name for Cape Krusenstern ). My Taata would move us to camp with three sleds . My Aaka and my sister Taatuk and I were in the last sled , pulled by three or five dogs . Our load was just us and one little stove . Yoi ! [ laughing ]

To make camp , my Taata measured the ground for our big tent . He got out his saw and we sawed the snow down to the ground until it reached the rocks . Then we put up the tent inside the wall of snow . It was not cold , so we did not build a fire much , only for cooking , but we still used lots of wood . Taatuk and I gathered driftwood and had two or three dogs pull the heavy sled .

To hunt ( seals and walrus ), my Taata and Aapa ( papa ) and many others ( my uncles ) went all the way to the salt water and they

would be gone many days . When they came back , the dogs knew when they were getting close to camp , so they ran faster . Sometimes Taatuk and I would go out to meet them and we got a fast ride back . It was fun . This is how I was raised . [ laughing ]

When it came time for my Aaka to work on the seals and walrus , I helped . They were shot in the head , not the body ( so the skin and furs could be used ). To make seal oil , my Aaka rendered the fat . After that , she went through the head to get the meat out . Nowadays , if I were to work on the head , it would take me all day .

My Aaka was a hard worker . Taatuk and I would not let her cook or wash dishes . After we finished with that , my Aaka asked us to set traps for squirrels . We set out to check traps with gunny sacks strapped on our backs . Filled with maybe ten squirrels , the sacks would grow heavy . The trail had hardly any snow . In April , May or June , I remember how it was and I wished I were there .

In the winter , my Aapa collected wood to build a boat . When the time came , he peeled the bark off the trees . I don ’ t know

how many trees , but our boat was very long . After the shape was made , six or so women sewed the skin on it . When it was finished , my Aapa put the boat on logs and pulled it into the water . To steer the boat , he used a wooden rudder . There was no outboard motor , not even a small one .

My Aaka had five sons , so I had many uncles who loved me . They would give me money , even though they knew I would use it to buy cigarettes . They did not scold me . Those days we did not know about cancer .

I started smoking when I was 13 . I am now 73 / 74 years old and I finally quit . I regret smoking all those years . I was diagnosed with cancer . It is very hard to quit smoking when you are old . I am telling the truth . If I hadn ’ t smoked , I could grow older without hurting all the time . Young people need to hear this .•

To hear the full , untranslated interview , visit NANA ' s YouTube channel

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