The Alaska State Writer Laureate wrote an episode about the show’s titular character navigating the complex history of Thanksgiving to create a celebration that honors Alaska Native culture.
Alaska Native Arts & Culture
Tongass Voices: S’eiltin Jamiann Hasselquist on the power of traditional foods
Hasselquist has been hosting weekly community soup nights this month in the Traditional Foods and Medicine Kitchen inside Sealaska Heritage Institute’s new Indigenous Science Building in Downtown Juneau.
First screen adaptation of ‘Two Old Women’ told in severely endangered Athabascan language
The new film premiered in Hawai’i last month, with homecoming showings scheduled in Alaska in December.
Angoon’s new killer whale kootéeyaa represents a clan’s legacy
Shgendootaan George laid out the history of three killer whale totem poles that have stood next to her clan house in Angoon as part of a Sealaska Heritage Institute series celebrating Native American Heritage Month.
New online art directory seeks to promote, connect Alaska Native artists across the state
As of Monday, about 200 artists were listed, most of them with photos and biographical information.
Alaska Federation of Natives convention highlights typhoon response and Indigenous cultures
Speaker after speaker at last week’s convention referenced the storm.
Catastrophic Western Alaska storm sets the tone for AFN week
Indigenous organizations and local leaders were focusing on the destruction from the recent storm before the start of the convention.
New Indigenous science building uses technology to study and revive old ways
The building on Heritage Way hosts a digital media lab with a podcast booth and video production software, an Indigenous science research lab and a makerspace with a digital woodcarving machine.
Sealaska Heritage Institute adds another totem pole to its Kootéeyaa Deiyí
The pole – called a kooteeyaa in Lingít – was funded by the National Parks Service. It was raised near Juneau’s Overstreet Park, but organizers held the dedication inside due to weather.
Tongass Voices: Ldaan.aat Laurie Cropley and Yuxgitsiy George Holly on making space for tribal values
Lingít elder Ldaan.aat Laurie Cropley and elder-in-training Yuxgitsiy George Holly are leading dawn prayers at the annual Elders and Youth conference in Anchorage next week.