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SHI TO RE-OPEN DOORS TO ALL SECOND-GRADE JUNEAU SCHOOL DISTRICT STUDENTS FOR ARTS INITIATIVE

October 31st, 2022|

SHI TO RE-OPEN DOORS TO ALL SECOND-GRADE JUNEAU SCHOOL DISTRICT STUDENTS FOR ARTS INITIATIVE Program part of partnership with Any Given Child Juneau, local group initiative Oct. 31, 2022 Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) next week will open the Walter Soboleff Building to all second-grade students in the Juneau School District as part of a national [...]

SHI TO SPONSOR LECTURE ON CO-PRODUCING ENVIRONMENTAL KNOWLEDGE WITH COMMUNITIES

October 24th, 2022|

SHI TO SPONSOR LECTURE ON CO-PRODUCING ENVIRONMENTAL KNOWLEDGE WITH COMMUNITIES Free event to be offered in-person, virtually Oct. 24, 2022 (All Lectures) Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) will sponsor a lecture on working with Indigenous communities to foster meaningful environmental research as part of its fall series. In his lecture, Co-producing Environmental Knowledge with Communities: Prospects [...]

SHI AWARDED GRANT TO EXPAND CAPACITY FOR ONLINE DIGITAL COLLECTIONS

October 19th, 2022|

SHI AWARDED GRANT TO EXPAND CAPACITY FOR ONLINE DIGITAL COLLECTIONS Oct. 19, 2022 Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) has received a federal grant to expand its storage capacity for online digital collections by more than 600 percent. The grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) will expand SHI’s storage capabilities to manage more [...]

SHI TO SPONSOR LECTURE ON MIGRATION STORIES AND CRESTS OF THE YANYEDÍ CLAN

October 10th, 2022|

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

October 6th, 2022|

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

September 27th, 2022|

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

September 23rd, 2022|

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

September 20th, 2022|

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

September 16th, 2022|

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

September 14th, 2022|

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

September 8th, 2022|

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 

September 1st, 2022|

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 [...]

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