Students turned “Killer Whale Eyes” and “How Devil’s Club Came to Be” into short plays featuring handmade props and formline the students learned from an artist-in-residence.
"Baby Raven Reads"
In ‘Berry Song,’ Lingít illustrator Michaela Sheít.een Goade shares her own story
It’s the first book that Goade has both written and illustrated herself.
Finding activism through art: A Q&A with Tlingit illustrator Michaela Goade
KCAW’s Erin McKinstry interviewed Goade about her award-winning work illustrating “We are Water Protectors” and what inspires her as a Tlingit artist.
New Baby Raven Reads books include story written by Juneau elementary students
In one of the new books, two animals that are complete opposites want to play with each other.
Sealaska Heritage to release new trilingual collection of lullabies as children’s book and CD
The new books will be released during the Dec. 6 Gallery Walk in Juneau. Sealaska Heritage Institute will also host a Baby Raven Reads event open to the public that night.
Southeast Alaska Native literacy program expands
The Sealaska Heritage Institute announced this week it will be partnering with the Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Tribes of Alaska’s Head Start to offer the Baby Raven Reads program in Southeast communities.
Baby Raven Reads fosters next generation of Tlingit speakers
SHI Education Director Jacke Kookesh says the program creates “safe places for the language to be in the air and to be heard.”
Sacred architecture: Walter Soboleff Building opens its doors
The Sealaska Heritage Institute unveiled its new structure in downtown Juneau today. It’s called the Walter Soboleff Building after the late Tlingit scholar, elder and religious leader. Inside stands a full-sized replica of a traditional red cedar clan house