Kenneth Drizhuu Frank

Kenneth Drizhuu Frank is an indigenous Gwich’in elder, storyteller, and traditional drummer from Venetie and Arctic Village, Alaska. A former staff member at the Effie Kokrines School in Fairbanks, Kenneth teaches the Gwich'in language and is currently engaged in mentoring his daughter Crystal. Kenneth is fully fluent and literate in his native language, doing workshops and culture camps on traditional games, skin drums, subsistence harvesting methods, traditional tools, and handicrafts.