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SHI TO SPONSOR LECTURE ON MIGRATION STORIES AND CRESTS OF THE YANYEDÍ CLAN Free event to be offered in-person, virtually Oct. 10, 2022 (All Lectures) Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) will sponsor a lecture on the migration stories and crests of the Yanyedí clan on Thursday as part of its fall series. In her lecture, The [...]

SHI TO SPONSOR LECTURE ON HISTORIC STATE PRACTICE OF BANISHING “MENTALLY ILL” ALASKANS TO ASYLUM Free event to be offered in-person, virtually Oct. 6, 2022 (All Lectures) Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) will sponsor a lecture today on the so-called “lost Alaskans” who were sent to an out-of-state asylum for the mentally ill, often never to return. [...]

SHI TO SPONSOR LECTURE ON HISTORICAL TRAUMAS EXPERIENCED BY INDIGENOUS PEOPLES Free event to be offered in-person, virtually Sept. 27, 2022 (All Lectures) Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) will sponsor a lecture by a molecular anthropologist on the historical traumas felt by Indigenous peoples, as part of its fall lecture series. In his lecture, Epigenetics and [...]

TRIO OF SCHOLARS TO REVEAL ANALYSIS, PLAY SYNTHESIS OF TLINGIT SINGING FROM FIRST ENCOUNTER WITH SPANIARDS IN 18TH CENTURY Free event to be offered in-person, virtually Sept. 23, 2022 (All Lectures) (About the Scholars) Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) will sponsor a lecture by three scholars on their analysis of Tlingit songs that were documented by [...]

SHI TO SPONSOR LECTURE ON TLINGIT CULTURAL AND ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE ON WOLVES Free event to be offered in-person, virtually Oct. 20, 2022 (All Lectures) Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) will sponsor a lecture on Tlingit cultural and ecological knowledge of wolves as part of its fall series. In his lecture, Gooch: Wolves in Tlingit Culture and [...]

SHI TO SPONSOR LECTURE BY FORMER JUNEAU MAYOR, ATTORNEY GENERAL ON CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION Free event to be offered in-person, virtually Sept. 16, 2022 (Flyer)  Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) will sponsor a lecture by former Juneau Mayor and Alaska Attorney General Bruce Botelho on Tuesday on a Constitutional Convention, which is a gathering of delegates to [...]

SCIENTISTS DISCOVER ANCIENT UNDERWATER FISH WEIR IN SOUTHEAST ALASKA Stone fish trap could be oldest ever found in the world Sept. 14, 2022 (Video of Weir) (Research Team) A team of scientists exploring an underwater region of southern Southeast Alaska has discovered what might be the oldest stone fish weir ever found in the world.  [...]

SHI TO SPONSOR LECTURE ON STORY BEHIND CLAN’S USE OF CREST Free event to be offered in-person, virtually Sept. 8, 2022 (Flyer) Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) will sponsor a lecture on Tuesday on the story behind a clan’s use of a crest as part of its new fall series on a wide variety of topics. In his [...]

SEALASKA HERITAGE INSTITUTE TO SPONSOR ERNESTINE HAYES AS FIRST SPEAKER IN FALL LECTURE SERIES  Free event to be offered in-person, virtually Sept. 1, 2021 (Flyer) Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) will sponsor a lecture on Thursday as part of its new fall series on a wide variety of topics beginning with award-winning author and professor Ernestine [...]