Dr. Alisha Drabek is the new executive director of Kodiak's Alutiiq Museum. She has an MFA in creative writing from the University of Arizona, and a doctorate in Indigenous studies from the University of Alaska. Her children's book The Red Cedar of Agognak: A Driftwood Journey won an American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation in 2005. This event is sponsored with the Alaska Center for the Book, the Alutiiq Museum, Alaska Bilingual Education Association, and the Afognak Native Corporation.