The robe is more than 150 years old. This is the first time it’s been used in a ceremony for at least six decades.
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Weavers will study ‘secrets in the weavings’ of historic Chilkat robe returned to Southeast Alaska
The robe is now in Sealaska Heritage Institute’s archives and collections department. Next month, weavers will start learning from it.
Now streaming: Alaska Native and First Nations films during online festival
All three films are available to watch for free on Vision Maker’s First Indigenous Online Film Festival page until September 14.
Weaver Lily Hope donates Chilkat Protector mask to Juneau’s Sealaska Heritage Institute
The mask fits similar to those worn in public to protect people from contracting COVID-19.
‘Our ancestors returned home’: How a Chilkat robe made its way back to Southeast Alaska
Drumming, dancing and telling stories over an afternoon, representatives from three Southeast Alaska tribes celebrated the return of their 100-plus-year-old Chilkat blanket. Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian members held a homecoming ceremony in the Shuká Hit clan house in Juneau.
Make It A Grande: Mammoth Tusk Find Likely Seattle’s Largest
The tusk from a mammoth that lived 16,000 years ago in the Seattle area unearthed earlier this week appears to be the largest, most intact ever found in the region.