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Cindy's sister Jana Osturgut created this slide show for a digital media class while getting her master's in literary criticism. Although not specifically about the Aleut people, many of the images Jana chose document Aleut history. She created the piece to help us to connect to the destruction in our pasts, whether a torn culture or a worn past, and to sense the hope that lies in our futures. The strong, she says, remember, listen, and speak. They tell their stories so that history will be more complete, more powerful, more redemptive.