Howard Rock & Ted Stevens Smokehouse Gala Awardees and tributes
Howard Rock Alaska Native Leader - This person has shown through their quality of character and effort to be a leader of distinct caliber because they put their community and people before themselves.
Yeidiklasókw, K̲aaháni Rosita Worl, Ph.D. (Tlingit) – 2021
Melanie Bahnke (St. Lawrence Island Yupik) – 2020
Nelson Angapak (Yup’ik) – 2019
Emil Notti (Koyukon) – 2018
Poldine Carlo (Koyukon) – 2017
Roy S. Ewan (Ahtna) – 2016
Eliza Jones (Koyukon) – 2015
Dr. Paul and Martina John (Yup’ik) – 2014
Mary Jane Evans Fate (Athabascan) – 2013
Marlene Johnson (Lingít) – 2012
First Alaskans Young Native Leader - This young leader has shown through dedication they are working to help Native peoples and our community with significant and profound purpose.
Nicole Borromeo (Upper Kuskokwim Athabascan) – 2021
Dr. Lance Twitchell (Lingít) – 2020
Dr. Pearl Brower (Iñupiaq) – 2019
Barbara Blake (Lingít/Haida/Ahtna) – 2018
AlexAnna Salmon (Yup’ik) – 2017
Raina Thiele (Dena’ina/Yup’ik) – 2016
Samuel Johns (Ahtna/Gwich’in) – 2015
Tanana 4-H Club (Athabascan) – 2014
Evon Peter (Gwich’in/Koyukon) – 2013
Jason Metrokin (Unangax/Sugpiaq) – 2012
Friends of First Alaskans Ted Stevens - This award is given to a person that has shown through their support of Native issues and partnership with our common cause that they are friends of the Alaska Native community.
Dr. Herb Illisaurri Schroeder – 2021
Dr. EJ R. David – 2020
Gov. Bill Walker – 2019
Lloyd Miller – 2018
Myra Munson – 2017
Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. – 2016
Gov. Bill Sheffield – 2015
Bill Oberly – 2015
Bill Van Ness – 2014
Diane Kaplan – 2013
Barney Gottstein – 2012
Special Tributes - These special tributes are grounded in one of our guiding principles, “By stewarding strong relationships across the state and sharing our knowledge, Alaska will become universally recognized and valued as a Native place.”
Congressman Don Young – 2022
Molly of Denali – 2020
Indian Country Today – 2020
Portugal. The Man – 2020
