(SitNews) Ketchikan, Alaska - During the Elizabeth Peratrovich Day Celebration held at the Southeast Alaska Discovery Center in Ketchikan on February 16th, the winners of the Alaska Native Brotherhood/Alaska Native Sisterhood Camp 14 essay contest "Alaska Native Leadership and what it means to me" were announced.

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The essays were written by Schoenbar Middle School, Ketchikan High School, and Revilla School students.

ANB/ANS Camp 14 ranked the essays noting it was difficult because the students all submitted wonderful essays. Those submitted that were less than 300 words were disqualified because of the word length rule which shortened the list.

12 winners and 13 honorable mentions were selected:

1st Place:

Christine Demmert,
Jessilynn Sivertsen,
Dametre Williams-Martin.

2nd Place:

Dakota Savage,
Crystal Renee Hert,
Chanell Browne.

3rd Place:

Jackson Kaye,
Brayden Linne,
Aedel Magno.

4th Place:

Alyssa Ray,
Gabrielle James,
Damaris Dundas.

Honorable Mentions:

Austin Williams,
Haeven Skan,
Maya Parker,
Katarina Steinberg-Booth,
Kiara Hodges,
Karri Montero,
Erika Rauwolf,
Darren Brooks,
Angela Rodrigues,
Erin heggarty,
Arjhay Mendoza,
Jalina Williams,
Kinsey Hallstrom.

Edited by Mary Kauffman, SitNews

Source of News: 

ANB/ANS Camp 14
http://www.camp14.com

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