Dancing with the Spirit staff jam along the Yukon River. Left to right: Bobby Gilbert, Kelly May, Rev. Belle Mickelson, Josephine Malemute, the Rev. Dr. Trimble Gilbert.

Rev. Belle Mickelson, Director 

Josephine Malemute, Assistant Director 

Rev. Catherine Amy Kropp, Programs and Grants Manager

Elder Native Musicians: Rev. Dr. Trimble Gilbert, Louis Demoski, Bill Stevens, Ricky Frank, Jerry Frank, Willie Fields, Audrey Fields, Albert Gilbert Sr, Bobbie Solomon.

Elder Native Story Tellers and Language Instructors: Florence Newman, Irene Roberts, Mary Rose Gamboa, Virginia Peter, Dorothy Sommer, Ruth Ridley, Ethel Beck, Bertha Ulvi, Mary Gilbert, Alberta Vent, Angela Young, Martha Demoski, Winnie Demoski, Connie Henry, Paul Williams Jr, Marilyn Savage, Victoria Demmert, Mary Edwin, Irene Henry, Madeline Williams, Virginia Kasek, Anna Thompson Sunberaj, Gail Gallahorn, Bertina Titus, Mathilde Huntington, Leonard Huntington, Mary Mayfield, Lina Edwin, Christina Semaken, Dale Honea Sr, Pat McCarty, Flora Edwin-McCoy, Hazel Loinitz.

Additional Musicians: Isaac Ticknor, Rion Schmidt, Brennan Firth, Wilbert Kendi, Debbie Tritt-Kendi, Tom Hyslop, Angela Oudean, Mike Mickelson, Katy Rexford, Miriah Phelps, Fred Weiss, Ethan Paul, Galen Gilbert, Albert Gilbert Jr, Walter Newman Jr, Rev. Enoch Adams, Tyson Alteri, Rosemary McGuire, Hannah Corral, Forrest Allen, Tarah Williams, Mary Schallert, Roy Corral, Jay Mullen.

In Memory: We also want to honor our staff and community members who have died – but who were inspirational and essential to our program’s success: Rev. Ginny Doctor, Mary Starr, Lester Erhart, Virgil Titus, Walter Newman Sr, Bobby Gilbert, Gregory Gilbert, Ernie Peter, Peter Stern, Lillian Garnett, Rev. Bella Jean Savino.