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SEALASKA HERITAGE DIGITIZES, POSTS CELEBRATION 2000 Video series shows tenth Celebration, more years to follow March 30, 2023 (Watch) (About Celebration)  Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) has digitized and posted on YouTube video of Celebration 2000. 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, [...]

SIXTH ANNUAL TRADITIONAL GAMES TO KICK OFF THIS WEEKEND IN JUNEAU Public invited to attend, watch livestream March 29, 2023 (Register) (Volunteer) (Games Website) (About Traditional Games) (Sponsors and Partners) The sixth annual Traditional Games will kick off this weekend in Juneau for 17 teams of athletes from Alaska, Canada and the Lower 48. Almost 200 [...]

SHI ACCEPTING PROPOSALS FROM PRESENTERS FOR 2023 EDUCATION CONFERENCE Feb. 23, 2023 (Flyer) (Application for Proposals) Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) is accepting proposals from presenters for its sixth Culturally Responsive Education Conference, which is part of a larger effort to promote culturally responsive pedagogy in schools. SHI is soliciting proposals from educators in Alaska and [...]

SHI LAUNCHES NEW PROGRAM TO CULTIVATE MORE INDIGENOUS ACTORS, PERFORMING ARTISTS Application period for March workshop now open Feb. 21, 2023 (Apply) Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) is launching a new demonstration project to cultivate more Indigenous actors and performing artists to support future productions that incorporate Native culture and language. SHI is currently accepting applications [...]

SHI BUYS DOWNTOWN BUILDING TO EXPAND SCHOOL PROGRAMMING Space earmarked for future STEAM activities Feb. 17, 2023 (About STEAM) Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) has purchased a building adjacent to its downtown Walter Soboleff Building to accommodate future school programming in Juneau and online. The structure, known as the Municipal Way Building, encompasses about 14,000 square [...]

SEALASKA HERITAGE DIGITIZES, POSTS CELEBRATION 1998 Video series shows ninth Celebration, more years to follow Feb. 15, 2023 (About Celebration) (Watch) Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) has digitized and posted on YouTube video of Celebration 1998. Celebration is a dance-and-culture festival first held by SHI in 1982 that has grown into the world’s largest gathering of the [...]

GROUNDBREAKING TLINGIT SCHOOL PROGRAM EXPANDING TO EIGHTH GRADE Interim principal hired, program to expand on Lingít lessons Feb. 1, 2023 (About TCLL) (Principal Application) A groundbreaking Tlingit elementary school program established by Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) and the Juneau School District (JSD) in 2000 is expanding to eighth grade, welcoming a full-time, interim principal and growing [...]

SHI SETS DATES FOR TOTEM POLE TRAIL, FACES OF ALASKA CEREMONY Event to be live streamed, everyone welcome Jan. 25, 2023 (Totem Pole Trail) (Faces of Alaska) (About Totem Poles) Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) will hold a ceremony in April to celebrate the raising of 12 totem poles along the Juneau waterfront and the installation of [...]

2023 TRADITIONAL GAMES PLANNED IN JUNEAU, REGISTRATION OPEN Games to be livestreamed Jan. 17, 2023 (Register) (Games Website) (About Traditional Games) (Sponsors and Partners) The 2023 Traditional Games will be held in Juneau in April, and the registration form for athletes ages 11 and older is now available online. The games will include teams competing in [...]