“We’re hoping that our programming can bridge some of the standing gaps of where Indigenous science has been left out in those subjects and build some interest and pathways for our Alaska Native youth.”
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For Alaska Native cultural tour guides, the job is to carry the weight of the world
As a cultural interpreter, John Lawrence tries to answer any questions people might have. Some questions are about paint. Other questions are harder.
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.
Sealaska Heritage to celebrate Chilkat robe’s homecoming
Sealaska Heritage is celebrating the return of a 100-year-old Chilkat robe in a homecoming celebration that begins at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Walter Soboleff Building in the Shuká Hít clan house. Sealaska Heritage also plans to stream video of the celebration on Facebook Live.
Sealaska Heritage Institute picks three young Native artists for project
Three young Alaska Native artists, including one from Ketchikan and one from Hydaburg, have been chosen to carve cedar house posts that will be cast in bronze and displayed in front of the Walter Soboleff Building in Juneau.
Terrifying visages: Native armor inspired fear in foes
Tlingit battle helmets were designed to inspire fear. The thick, wooden head armor carried imagery of strong warriors, fierce animals or revered ancestors.
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.”
Archives at the Walter Soboleff building to be named after Native rights attorney, lawmaker
The archives facility at the Walter Soboleff building will be named after William L. Paul Sr.