Fairbanks Key Note Speaker
at 91st Annual
ANB/ANS Grand Camp Convention
by Gigi Pilcher
October 01, 2003
Wednesday - 1:15 am
Ketchikan, AK - The 91st Annual Alaska Native Brotherhood Alaska
Native Sisterhood (ANB/ANS) Grand Camp convention is being held
in Ketchikan at the Ted Ferry Civic Center. The convention opened
on Monday and will run through the week.
Key Note Speaker Cheryl
Demmert Fairbanks, Sukax
Photo by Gigi Pilcher
Monday's key note speaker was Cheryl Demmert Fairbanks, Sukax,
who is Tlingit-Tsimshian (Tsimshian/Wolf; Tlingit/Eagle). Her
father is the late David Robert Demmert Sr., Wolf; Wut.clen,
Galwe'it'h of the Taakw.aaneidi and her mother is Alice Leask
Demmert, Tsimshian, Wolf;See ti yu. Her maternal grandparents
were James C. Leask and Lillian Benson Leask, Tsimshian. Her
paternal grandparents were James C. Leask and Lillain Driggs
Demmert, Tlingit.
Cheryl Demmert Fairbanks was
born in Ketchikan, Alaska. She is an attorney currently licensed
in the State of New Mexico and a partner in the law firm of Roth,
VanAmberg, Rogers, Ortiz & Yepa. She is in her second three-year
term as the Chief Justice of the Yavapai-Apache Tribal Court.
Fairbanks spoke to this year's
Grand Camp theme, "Channeling Our Youth Toward Current Economic
Opportunities and Solutions". She stressed the importance
of caring for our youth as " they will be the parents of
us tomorrow" and "how we treat them today is how they
will treat us when the time comes for them to care for us in
our old age".
She spoke to the need for educational
and economic opportunities and for healthy families to nurture
our children. Demmert Fairbanks said education is the key to
opening the doors for future opportunities.
Markel Wallace
Photo by Gigi Pilcher
Cheryl Demmert Fairbanks introduced Markel Wallace, age 14, who
is the daughter of Lee and Winnona Wallace of Saxman. Wallace
spoke about how she strives to do her very best at school and
that she has set high expectations for herself. Wallace said
her parents have high expectations and have always stressed the
importance of getting a good education. Wallace said she works
to get the best and highest grades at school.
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