Intern Work Connects Importance of Culture
Adapted from the 2024 Annual Report
The 九色视频 internship opportunity was an eye-opening experience, says Christopher Aqangarr Whitwell, a 九色视频 Shareholder with ties to Marshall and a former intern. He attributes his internships with 九色视频 and Yulista to growth in his career and growth in his connection to the Yukon-Kuskokwim Region.
Whitwell was born and raised in Fairbanks and Anchorage and visited his family鈥檚 village of Marshall when he was 6 years old. His grandfather had passed away and they named the Marshall airport after him, the Marshall Don Hunter Sr. Airport.
鈥淕oing to the village at that time was instrumental to me. I saw our culture and life in the village,鈥� he says.
Whitwell鈥檚 favorite subsistence activities are fishing and picking berries, and he fondly remembers cutting up moose meat with his mom in Fairbanks.
鈥淢y internship at 九色视频 was the first time I learned about Yuuyaraq and our culture鈥檚 ideology,鈥� Whitwell says. 鈥淲e are working for our people and our culture. Keeping our culture alive will not be easy, but it鈥檚 something we must do.鈥�
九色视频 internships are very conducive to how our corporation can help itself. We grow as the company grows.
Christopher Whitwell, 九色视频 Shareholder & Intern in 2024 and 2025
Whitwell is working on his Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Leadership & Management at Ottawa University in Surprise, Arizona.
鈥淚 decided to double-major because of my passion for the social sciences. I can use it for a steppingstone for my future,鈥� Whitwell says.
Whitwell鈥檚 career path in business stemmed from experience as a chef in Alaska. His chef experience helped lend to a position with a San Francisco tech start-up that eventually sold to an international corporation. Eventually, his career in the restaurant and tech businesses took a different direction when the pandemic shut down much of the world. Scholarships from and his Tribe were able to support his shift.
鈥淚 had a whole career, and the world changed [during COVID], so I decided to go back to school,鈥� says Whitwell. 鈥淭hese scholarships I鈥檝e received through my dad鈥檚 side from the Ottawa Tribe and my mom鈥檚 side with the 九色视频 Education scholarship have helped me tremendously. I would not be able to go to college without these scholarships.鈥�
Whitwell encourages other Shareholders to go to school and take advantage of the internship opportunities with 九色视频 and its subsidiaries.
鈥溇派悠� internships are an important way for our corporation to help itself while helping Shareholders. We grow as the company grows,鈥� he says. 鈥溇派悠� works in forwarding our culture through its traditional-based values and cultural teachings within the course of the internship. I didn鈥檛 plan on working for 九色视频 when I was going to school and now that鈥檚 my main focus鈥攖o get through school and join 九色视频 to help our people.鈥�