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Photos: Community carving sessions at Gajaa Hít
Photos: Community carving sessions at Gajaa Hít By Lyndsey Brollini The smell of cedar and the pounding of adzes hitting wood filled the air at Gajaa Hít on a recent Saturday during what has become a regular gathering for a small group of Juneau carvers. The Haa Latseen Community Project carving sessions, a Sealaska Heritage program, at Gajaa [...]
Photos: A look back on Team Juneau and the 2018-2019 season of Native Youth Olympics
Left: Team Juneau walks in the athlete parade at the Native Youth Olympic Games in Anchorage. Photo courtesy of Michael Dinneen. Right: Team Juneau on their last day of practice before traveling to Anchorage for the NYO Games. Photo by Lyndsey Brollini. (Sponsors) By Lyndsey Brollini More than 400 athletes from across the state traveled [...]
“Hooked” wins first place, cultural stories category, in Alaska Press Club competition
Congratulations to former Sealaska Heritage employee Tamara Ikenberg, who just won first place in the cultural stories category from the Alaska Press Club! She wrote, Hooked: Ancient fishing technology preserved and revived for the next generation, for First Alaskans Magazine on behalf of Sealaska Heritage. The piece, first published in 2018, is reprinted here with permission [...]
Alaska Native veterans speak out at SHI lecture
Alaska Native veterans speak out at SHI lecture Sealaska Heritage Institute hosted a panel of Alaska Native veterans at an event held as part of Native American Heritage Month, on the eve of Veterans Day. Panelists Fred Bennett, Donald See, Royal Hill, Warren Sheakley, George Lindoff and James Lindoff spoke about their experiences during and [...]
