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SEALASKA HERITAGE DIGITIZES, POSTS CELEBRATION 2000
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
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
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 TO CONDUCT TRADITIONAL CEREMONY
SHI TO CONDUCT TRADITIONAL CEREMONY Aug. 9, 2021 Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) will hold a traditional ceremony in Juneau this week to destroy certain retail items in accordance with Tlingit law and cultural protocol. The ceremony is scheduled at 2 pm, Friday, Aug. 13, tentatively in front of Sealaska Heritage Institute’s Walter Soboleff Building at [...]
ANCHORAGE EDUCATOR WINS SHI’S “TEACHER OF DISTINCTION” AWARD
ANCHORAGE EDUCATOR WINS SHI’S “TEACHER OF DISTINCTION” AWARD Honor given during SHI’s 2021 education conference Aug. 9, 2021 (Video) Anchorage teacher Seralee Kairaiuak was honored with a 2021 “Teacher of Distinction” award by Sealaska Heritage Institute’s (SHI) Board of Trustees on Saturday during SHI’s virtual education conference. Originally from the village of Kwigillingok, Kairaiuak has taught [...]
JUNEAU DATA, REPORT SHOW UPWARD TREND IN SCORES FOR ALASKA NATIVE STUDENTS
JUNEAU DATA, REPORT SHOW UPWARD TREND IN SCORES FOR ALASKA NATIVE STUDENTS Report links higher scores to Baby Raven Reads program July 26, 2021 (About Baby Raven Reads) A research firm has produced a study that links an upward trend in scores for local Alaska Native students entering kindergarten to Baby Raven Reads, an early literacy [...]
SHI releases video series on how to make traditional halibut hooks
Tutorials available for free on YouTube July 19, 2021 (Watch) (About Halibut Hooks) Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) has produced and put online a video series that teaches how to make traditional northern Northwest Coast halibut hooks, known as náxw in Tlingit. The series, led by Tlingit artist Héendei Donald Gregory, includes 21 videos ranging from 2-17 [...]
Virtual education conference keynotes to include nationally-known scholars
Registration now open July 15, 2021 (Keynote Bios) (Register) (Conference Website) (Flyer) Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) has enlisted renowned, nationally-known educators to give keynote addresses at its fourth Culturally Responsive Education Conference for teachers and administrators, which is part of a larger effort to promote culturally responsive pedagogy in schools. For the second time, the three-day [...]
Seattle man donates old spruce-root basket to Sealaska Heritage
Piece dates back more than 100 years July 14, 2021 (About Spruce-Root Basketry) A Seattle man has donated an exquisite spruce-root basket to Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) that dates back more than 100 years. Donor Richard Zahniser, now in his 90s, purchased the piece in Southeast Alaska or Anchorage in the 1970s and decided to donate [...]
SEALASKA HERITAGE DIGITIZES, POSTS CELEBRATION 1986
July 12, 2021 (About Celebration) (Watch) Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) has digitized and posted online video of its third Celebration, a dance-and-culture festival first held in 1982 that has grown into the world’s largest gathering of the Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian people. The entire event, which was documented in 1986 on now-obsolete video tapes, is viewable on SHI’s [...]
SHI to sponsor visiting scholar studying pressures on Southeast Alaska Native art market
People interested in participating encouraged to reach out July 8, 2021 Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) is sponsoring a visiting scholar who is studying how Southeast Alaska Native artists sustain their ancient art practices in light of current economic, legal and environmental pressures. Scholar Ben Bridges, who is pursuing dual Ph.D. in folklore and anthropology, will conduct [...]
USPS to hold ceremony for release of Tlingit stamp
Raven Story stamp now available through pre-sale July 6, 2021 (About the Stamp) (About the Artist) (Pre-Sale) The U.S. Postal Service this month, assisted by Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI), will hold a release ceremony for the “Raven Story” stamp, which was designed by Tlingit artist by Rico Lanáat’ Worl of Juneau and unveiled in November. Antonio [...]
USPS TO HOLD CEREMONY FOR RELEASE OF TLINGIT STAMP
USPS TO HOLD CEREMONY FOR RELEASE OF TLINGIT STAMP Public, media is invited July 28, 2021 (About the Stamp) (About the Artist) (Pre-Sale) (Watch Live) The U.S. Postal Service on Friday, assisted by Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI), will hold a release ceremony for the Raven Story Forever Stamp — the first stamp ever illustrated by a [...]
Doctoral candidate in Alaska Native studies wins Judson Brown Scholarship
Program honors students with academic achievement, leadership skills July 2, 2021 Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) has chosen a Ph.D. candidate with a focus on ethnomathematics as the recipient of its 2021 Judson L. Brown Leadership Award. The scholarship was given to Tlingit Eldri Waid Westmoreland, who holds a master’s degree in mathematics education and is pursuing [...]
Anchorage traditional games open to be held for first time in two years
Event scheduled this weekend June 16, 2021 (Games Website) (About Native Youth Olympics) (Sponsors) Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) will co-sponsor an in-person Traditional Games open this weekend in Anchorage for athletes ages sixteen and older, marking the first time the games will be held there since the pandemic sidelined the event. The games will feature [...]
