Troth Yeddha' 5K Run for the Park

September 3, 2013

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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.