2026 Cama’i Dance Festival preserves and reawakens tradition

By: Evan Erickson

Outlets: Alaska Beacon

Published: April 1, 2026

Words: 753

Last Updated: 4 months ago

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The 2026 Cama’i Dance Festival was about preserving traditions and reawakening them, on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta and beyond.

During this year’s festival, recently formed dance groups from the Norton Sound communities of Stebbins and St. Michael performed for the second time ever outside of their communities.

Group co-organizer Suzzuk Huntington summed up the feeling.

“Such a blessing to be here. I think we all feel more excited being at Cama’i than we would getting to …

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