Troth Yeddha' 5K Run for the Park
September 3, 2013
UAF’s College of Rural and Community Development and the Interior-Aleutians Campus will hold the Annual Troth Yeddha’ Run for the Park on Sept. 14. Final registration
is at 9 - 9:30 a.m., and the race will be held from 10 - 11 a.m. The event strives
to raise awareness about the Troth Yeddha’ Park, located in the green space between
the UA Museum of the North and the Reichardt Building, and celebrates Alaskan Native
culture.
Pre-registration is available at Beaver Sports at 3480 College Road. Early bib pick-up
is 4 - 6 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 12 at Interior-Aleutians Campus Harper Building,
located at 4280 Geist Rd. in Fairbanks. Registration is $20 with all proceeds donated
to UA Foundation's Troth Yeddha Park Fund. The race starts and ends at Troth Yeddha’
Park. Parking is free and available behind the museum. The 5K is a recognized Running
Club North event.
Troth Yeddha’ Park commemorates the Alaskan Natives who came to the hill to share
traditional knowledge and harvest the wild potatoes that grew on the ridge. The park
brings together people from all walks of life to share indigenous knowledge. When
the land was dedicated by Chief Peter John of the Tanana Chiefs Conference of Interior
Alaska, he remarked that the elders decided Troth Yeddha’ was good because it would
carry on a similar traditional use of the hill, a place for good thinking and working
together.
For more information contact Amanda Lash at 907-474-6417, or Pete Pinney at 907-474-
7089.