Speaker: Naomi Gaede-Penner

“‘A’ is for Anaktuvuk, Alaska, Anna, Antlers: First Teacher to the Last Nomadic Eskimos”

Naomi Gaede-Penner is the author of four non-fiction “Prescription for Adventure” Alaska books and a columnist for The Country Register in Kansas. You may have met Anna Bortel in Naomi’s “Alaska Bush Pilot Doctor” and “From Kansas Wheat Fields to Alaska Tundra: a Mennonite Family Finds Home.” Now hear and see her story. Find out how, in 1960, she accepted the challenge to live in a sod house among people who relied on caribou for their existence and where sled dogs outnumbered the 96 native people. She changed Alaska’s history. The Numamiuts changed her. You will enjoy a slide presentation with readings and artifacts. Books will be available for purchase. Sneak preview: www.prescriptionforadventure.com