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Anchorage Woman Runs Native Craft Gift Shop for Profit
Louie Des Cunningham, a tele phone supervisor at Alaska Native Medical Center in Anchorage, runs a nonprofit gift shop that props up Alaska Native crafts. The shop, funded by modest sales and donations, has grossed up to $3,000 a month, supporting villagers from remote villages who send baskets, masks, parkas, dolls, and ivory carvings to be sold. Proceeds, minus a small fee, go to artisans. Lovie coordinates display, sales, and translations, while fostering cultural heritage as elders sustain traditional crafts for future generations.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Louie Des Canning
New Orleans
Alaska Native Medical Center
Lavie
Indian Health Service
Lovie
Elmer Wongittlin
Savoonga
Lovie Dee Cunningham
Vilage
William Johnson
Lovie Das Cunningham
Miss Cunningham
Ala