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.
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In Tlingit land-rights loss, a Native American rights attorney lays out injustice and hope for the future
In a lecture at the Sealaska Heritage Institute, Walter Echo-Hawk laid out the factors leading to the Supreme Court’s 1955 Tee-Hit-Ton Tlingit land rights decision.
Overcrowding leads to loss of hobby shop at Lemon Creek
While an Alaska Department of Corrections works through a plan to move inmates out of state, the increase in the state’s prison population is already having impacts at Juneau’s correctional facility.
International Lingít Spelling Bee brings together Alaska Native language learners in Juneau
The spelling bee took place during the Sharing Our Knowledge Conference held in Juneau last month.
Sealaska Heritage secures federal grant for downtown arts campus
With this grant from the U.S. Department of Education, the institute says it’s about 70% to its goal for this project.
Savoonga artists bring blanket toss to Juneau
The walrus-hide blanket they created will be used for blanket toss competitions in Juneau.
Can trauma be passed down through DNA? Researchers and Hoonah residents search for answers.
It’s well known that traumatic experiences can have lifelong impacts on health and well-being. But it’s possible that those effects can last longer than a single lifetime. A new study asks whether the effects of trauma have been passed down genetically in Tlingit families in Hoonah.
Centuries later, a Tlingit artist’s work still inspires woodcarvers — and entices private collectors
A rattle attributed to woodcarver Kadjisdu.axch, who lived 200 years ago in a village near modern-day Wrangell, recently sold at auction for $504,500. The Tlingit artist influences carvers in Southeast Alaska to this day.
Otter skin-sewing workshops promote ‘sustainable cottage industry’ in coastal Alaska
Sealaska Heritage Institute aims to expand the practice of traditional Alaska Native skin-sewing with a series of workshops in communities around Southeast Alaska.
Reconnecting with roots at Alaska Native languages summit
The three-day language summit brought together nearly 80 speakers of the Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian languages: Lingít, X̱aad Kíl and Sm’algyax.