Arts & Culture

Jun 08 2018
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Traditional Arts Apprentice & Youth Mentor Shane Brown works on the Yanyeidí totem pole at Harborview Elementary School on May 29, 2018. (Photo by Annie Bartholomew/KTOO)

Yanyeidí healing totem shares indigenous knowledge

By | Alaska Native Arts & Culture, Arts & Culture, Celebration, Juneau, Southeast

The totem pole was created for Goldbelt Heritage Foundation and Douglas Indian Association, as part of a healing process for the T’aaḵú Ḵwáan Tlingit tribe. The pole memorializes the deliberate burning of Akáx Yaa Andagán, the Douglas Indian village, in 1962 and honors the residents who lost their homes.

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Jun 07 2018
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Video: Artist Andy Everson talks about blending traditional design with ‘Star Wars’

By | Alaska Native Arts & Culture, Arts & Culture, Highlights, Juneau, Southeast

British Columbia-based artist Andy Everson likes to use dark imagery from “Star Wars” and add traditional Native designs as a way to uplift Native people. “As a child of the 1970s, I grew up around ‘Star Wars’ and collected all…

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Jun 07 2018
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Dorica Jackson talks about a robe she spent almost 15 years working on during a weavers' presentation Wednesday, June 6, 2018, at the Shuka Hit clan house in the Walter Soboleff Building in downtown Juneau.

Weavers share traditional knowledge, stories behind textiles

By | Alaska Native Arts & Culture, Arts & Culture, Celebration, Juneau, Southeast

A weaving presentation displayed blankets, aprons and other items made by practicing artisans from Southeast Alaska and British Columbia. About 50 people attended the presentation Wednesday by weavers and weaving historians in the Shuka Hit clan house in the Walter Soboleff Building.

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