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PDF: Sand Point City Council Meeting: Wednesday, August 27th, 2025 at 7PM

Posted on: August 26th, 2025 | Author: General Manager | Filed under: City Of Sand Point, Community Window

KSDP will air the meeting live & place an archive of the audio here:
https://www.apradio.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/2025-08-27-sdp.mp3

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Sand Point City Council will hold a meeting on Wednesday, August 27th, 2025 at 7PM

Always check here for the latest Agenda & Packet:
https://www.sandpointak.com/agendas–packets.html

Agenda & Packet:
https://www.sandpointak.com/uploads/2/7/6/7/27677223/august_27_2025_regular_sand_point_city_council_meeting_packet-final.pdf

MP3+PDF: Regular Meeting of the AEBSD School Board at 6:30PM on Tuesday, August 26th, 2025

Posted on: August 26th, 2025 | Author: General Manager | Filed under: AEB School District, Community Window

KSDP will air the meeting live & archive the audio here:
https://apradio.org/mp3/2025-08-26-aebsd.mp3
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The Aleutians East Borough School District is holding a Special Meeting of the School Board on Tuesday, Aug. 26th, 2025 at 6:30PM. This meeting is open to the public at the District Office in Sand Point and via Zoom.

2025 School Board Agendas and Packets:
https://www.aebsd.org/documents/school-board-
meetings/2025-board-meetings/745351

Agenda+Packet:
https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/1937/AEBSD/5977310/August_26__2025_AEBSD_Regular_Meeting_Packet%282%29.pdf

Hour of Hope

Posted on: August 16th, 2025 | Author: Matthew Vroman | Filed under: Hour of Hope

PDF: Aleutians East Borough Assembly Regular Meeting – Friday, Aug 15nd, 2025 at 2pm

Posted on: August 15th, 2025 | Author: General Manager | Filed under: Community Window

KSDP will air the meeting live & place an archive of the audio here:PDF: Aleutians East Borough Assembly Regular Meeting – Friday, Aug 15nd, 2025 at 2pm

MP3 (274MB) = https://www.apradio.org/mp3/2025-08-15-aeb.mp3

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The Aleutians East Borough Assembly is holding a Regular meeting on Friday, Aug 15nd, 2025 at 2pm.

https://www.aleutianseast.org/government/meetings/

Agenda:
https://www.aleutianseast.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/August-14-2025-ASSEMBLY_MTG_AGENDA.pdf

Meeting Packet:
https://www.aleutianseast.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/August-14-2025-Regular-Assembly-Meeting-Packet.pdf

hour of Hope

Posted on: August 2nd, 2025 | Author: Matthew Vroman | Filed under: Hour of Hope

Sand Point’s culture camp marks 25 years of passing on traditions

Posted on: July 31st, 2025 | Author: KSDP News | Filed under: 830AM KSDP Radio News, Aleutians East Borough, City Of Sand Point, Community Window, KSDP Programs

Dance instructor Mason Kwasnikov, a former camper, kneels at the center of the circle during a dance performance at the Qagan Tayagungin Tribe of Sand Point's 2025 culture camp.

 

The sky was clear at the harbor in Sand Point last week as about a dozen kids and adults climbed into a niĝilax̂ — a traditional Unangax̂ skin boat. It was the last week of the Qagan Tayagungin Tribe’s two-week Culture Camp, and a crowd of spectators had gathered to watch the campers paddle around the harbor.

Dance instructor Mason Kwasnikov used to be one of those young campers. In his early twenties now, he’s a central figure in the Unangax̂ dance community in Anchorage. He comes home for the camp every summer.

Kwasnikov enjoys blending the traditional with the modern — picture traditional tattoos along with heart-shaped glasses and white New Balance sneakers.

I think that a lot of us in the younger generations of Unangas are really trying to embrace the culture, like incorporating it into our everyday lives,” he said. “We’re just trying to have fun with it.”

As the last camper climbed into the boat and the paddlers pushed off from the dock, Kwasnikov began to sing, beating a drum he’d made himself.

The boat’s name is Unangam Anĝii, which translates to “Unangax̂ Spirit.” It first touched the water during the 2023 culture camp — an important vessel for a community that hadn’t paddled a niĝilax̂ for generations.

As the campers rounded a buoy, flanked by green tundra and steep cliffs, they raised their paddles in the air.

Campers paddle Unangam Anĝii back into the Sand Point harbor.

Tradition renewed

Culture camps are popular all around the state as a way to celebrate and pass on Alaska Native traditions to younger generations. In the Aleutians, arts, dance and craft instructors from all across the chain traveled to Sand Point this year for its 25th annual camp.

Camp Director Carla Chebetnoy was there in the beginning. She’s one of the key people who helped start Sand Point’s camp in the 1990s, when there were only a few Unangax̂ culture camps. Today, communities all across the thousand-mile Aleutian Chain host their own camps.

Chebetnoy says it’s a way to pass on traditions that she was afraid would be lost.

“It was important to us because we had no Unangax̂ speakers alive in our community, and our kids didn’t know anything about their culture or traditions or anything,” she said.

Chebetnoy said she grew up surrounded by elders. She wanted her children to have the same opportunities to learn about their traditions and culture. That hope helped inspire the first camp.

“As it grew, my children became instructors, and my grandchildren are at camp,” she said.

Starting young

On the last night of the camp, people from all over town came out for a dance performance and potluck at the tribe’s community center. The performance lasted about an hour. Dancers of all ages wore beaded headdresses, animal skin robes and medallions — all regalia that was made at camp.

Another camp organizer and instructor, Peter Devine Jr., said he remembers the first camp in Sand Point, when he took the kids camping in the hills for a whole week. Ultimately, they turned it into a day camp.

Devine said that when he and Chebetnoy were planning the first camp, they decided to make it open for all ages, unlike other camps in the region that mostly started with fifth graders.

“I always tell everybody, ‘we got the best camp in the state,’” he said. “We start when they’re young.”

Devine said he’s proud of the work he’s done organizing it over the years, but that he’s glad a new generation is starting to take the helm.

“I see us being able to hand it over to them, no problem,” he said. “It’s just a matter of when they want to boot me out.”

Unalaska’s Camp Qangayux̂ began this week, along with Akutan and Atka, which alternate biannually to host a joint camp. Nelson Lagoon’s camp begins Aug. 2.

MP3: Listen to KSDP’s Interview with Matt Keyes on August 2025 Salmon Fishing Opportunity

Posted on: July 31st, 2025 | Author: Amy M. | Filed under: AEB School District, Community Window, Fish News - newsletter, Fisheries News, King Cove, Sand Point

Please tune into KSDP’s interview with Sand Point area’s biologist Matt Keyes. Austin and Matt will be discussing the August fisheries. The interview will be August 1st, 2025 at 11:00AM.

Listen to or Download the Meeting Here:
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MP3 (11MB) = https://www.apradio.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/2025-08-01-MattKeyse.mp3
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WAV (128MB) = https://apradio.org/mp3/2025-08-01-MattKeyse.wav
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King Jesus

Posted on: July 26th, 2025 | Author: Matthew Vroman | Filed under: Hour of Hope

Richard Kochuten Sr.

Posted on: July 26th, 2025 | Author: Amy M. | Filed under: Community Window, Sand Point

Services for the late Richard Kochuten Sr. (Moonie) are scheduled for this Tuesday July 29th at 2:00pm at the Sand Point Baptist Church. There will be a graveside meeting, followed by a Celebration of Life at 3:30 at the Sand Point Baptist Church. All are welcome, and please bring a dish to share.

Hour of Hope

Posted on: July 19th, 2025 | Author: Matthew Vroman | Filed under: Hour of Hope

Hour of Hope

Posted on: July 12th, 2025 | Author: Matthew Vroman | Filed under: Hour of Hope

Hour of Hope

Posted on: July 5th, 2025 | Author: Matthew Vroman | Filed under: Hour of Hope

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