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Panel to look into phenomena plaguing laak’ásk, Pyropia abbottiae Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) convened an unprecedented meeting with tribes and tribal members, regional organizations and scientists from Alaska, Canada and the Lower 48 last week to delve into credible reports of variability in the health and abundance of black seaweed, a vital traditional food and cultural ... read more

Free event to be offered in-person, virtually Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) will sponsor a free summer lecture series on the challenges faced by language students learning Lingít (Tlingit), X̱aad Kíl (Haida) and Sm'algyax (Tsimshian). The series, Strengthening our Community, is part of an effort to offer tools to students to work through issues they might encounter while studying languages. ... read more

Honors given during SHI’s 2023 Culturally Responsive Education Conference Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) awarded 10 educators from Alaska and Washington for their distinguished service today at its 2023 Culturally Responsive Education Conference. Seven educators were given SHI’s Distinguished Educator Award, which recognizes educators who intentionally weave cultural knowledge throughout their lessons and classroom and use ... read more

Video series shows eighteenth Celebration, all events now available online (Watch) Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) has digitized and posted on YouTube the video of Celebration 2016, bringing an end to a three-year project to post all 40 years of the event online. Celebration is a dance-and-culture festival first held by SHI in 1982 that has grown into the world’s largest gathering of ... read more

Video series shows seventeenth Celebration, more years to follow (Watch) Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) has digitized and posted on YouTube the video of Celebration 2014. Celebration is a dance-and-culture festival first held by SHI in 1982 that has grown into the world’s largest gathering of the Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian people. The 2014 event featured 50 dance groups from Alaska, the ... read more

Video series shows sixteenth Celebration, more years to follow (Watch) Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) has digitized and posted on YouTube the video of Celebration 2012. Celebration is a dance-and-culture festival first held by SHI in 1982 that has grown into the world’s largest gathering of the Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian people. The 2012 event featured 55 dance groups from Alaska, the ... read more

Tlingit educational leader will serve as the program’s first principal (TCLL Website) The Juneau School District (JSD) has selected Eldri Westmoreland to lead the Tlingit Culture, Language, and Literacy (TCLL) Program, a groundbreaking elementary school program established by Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) and the JSD in 2000. Westmoreland will be TCLL’s first permanent principal, replacing ... read more

Video series shows fifteenth Celebration, more years to follow (Watch) Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) has digitized and posted on YouTube the video of Celebration 2010. Celebration is a dance-and-culture festival first held by SHI in 1982 that has grown into the world’s largest gathering of the Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian people. The 2010 event featured 51 dance groups from ... read more

Video series shows thirteenth Celebration, more years to follow (Watch) Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) has digitized and posted on YouTube video of Celebration 2008. Celebration is a dance-and-culture festival first held by SHI in 1982 that has grown into the world’s largest gathering of the Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian people. The 2008 event featured 52 dance groups from ... read more