Alaska Native Arts & Culture

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Author Lani Hulse released her children’s book “Aanaq? Am I Your Sunset?” to support the Western Alaska Disaster Relief Fund.

After more than a century, a Lingít clan will once again be the legal owners of a Raven helmet worn during the Battle of Sitka in 1804. Non-native organizations have claimed ownership of the helmet for more than a 100 years, and kept it in a museum in Sitka.

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.

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. 

The new film premiered in Hawai’i last month, with homecoming showings scheduled in Alaska in December.

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. 

As of Monday, about 200 artists were listed, most of them with photos and biographical information.

Speaker after speaker at last week’s convention referenced the storm.

Indigenous organizations and local leaders were focusing on the destruction from the recent storm before the start of the convention.