Celebration and collective memory.

Guests: Ed Thomas, President Emeritus, Tlingit and Haida Central Council. Barbara Blake, Alaska Native Policy Director, First Alaskans Institute. Joaqlin Estus, National Correspondent, Indian Country Today.
Barbara Blake (wearing hat) and Joaqlin Estus shared their memories of Celebration. Barbara was born in 1982, the first year of Celebration, which Joaqlin attended. Ed Thomas, President Emeritus of Tlingit and Haida, also joined in the conversation via Zoom.

Celebration has a 40-year history of not only bringing the Lingít, Haida and Tsimshian peoples together but also inspiring collective cultural healing.

Air date: Wednesday, June 8, 2022

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