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SEALASKA HERITAGE DIGITIZES, POSTS CELEBRATION 2006
Video series shows thirteenth Celebration, more years to follow (Watch) Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) has digitized and posted on YouTube video of Celebration 2006. Celebration is a dance-and-culture festival first ... read more
SHI TO HOST LECTURE SERIES ON RAVEN THE TRICKSTER, CULTURAL HERO
Free event to be offered in-person, virtually Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) will sponsor a lecture series on Raven as Trickster and Cultural Hero by traditional Tlingit and ... read more
EDUCATION CONFERENCE TO FEATURE POWERHOUSE KEYNOTES, IMPRESSIVE PRESENTERS’ ROSTER
EDUCATION CONFERENCE TO FEATURE POWERHOUSE KEYNOTES, IMPRESSIVE PRESENTERS' ROSTER Registration open May 2, 2023 (Keynote Bios) (Register) (Conference Website) Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) has enlisted renowned, nationally-known educators to give keynote addresses at its sixth Culturally Responsive Education Conference for teachers and administrators, which is part of a larger effort to promote culturally responsive pedagogy [...]
SEALASKA HERITAGE DIGITIZES, POSTS CELEBRATION 1990
SEALASKA HERITAGE DIGITIZES, POSTS CELEBRATION 1990 Video series shows fifth Celebration, more years to follow June 24, 2022 (Watch) (About Celebration) Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) has digitized and posted online video of Celebration 1990. Celebration is a dance-and-culture festival first held in 1982 that has grown into the world’s largest gathering of the Tlingit, Haida [...]
SHI TRUSTEES NAME LEAD DANCE GROUP FOR CELEBRATION 2024
SHI TRUSTEES NAME LEAD DANCE GROUP FOR CELEBRATION 2024 Group hails from Whitehorse, Canada June 23, 2022 The Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) Board of Trustees has named Dakhká Khwáan Dancers (People of the Inland) as the lead dance group for Celebration 2024. Dakhká Khwáan Dancers, a Tlingit group based in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada, will lead [...]
NATIVE FOOD CONTEST WINNERS ANNOUNCED
NATIVE FOOD CONTEST WINNERS ANNOUNCED June 9, 2022 Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) has announced the winners of its popular traditional food contests, held as part of Celebration 2022. The winners are as follows: Back Seaweed Contest Mike Allard, first place Theresa Wellington, second place Christina Weber, third place Dry Fish Donna James, first place Kenneth [...]
SEALASKA HERITAGE ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF 2022 JURIED ART COMPETITION, YOUTH ART EXHIBIT
SEALASKA HERITAGE ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF 2022 JURIED ART COMPETITION, YOUTH ART EXHIBIT June 8, 2022 (Juried Art Show and Competition Catalog) Thirteen artists have taken top prizes and one honorable mention at Sealaska Heritage Institute’s eleventh biennial Juried Art Show and Competition, and three young artists also placed in SHI’s fourth biennial Juried Youth Art [...]
CELEBRATION 2022 TO KICK OFF NEXT WEEK
CELEBRATION 2022 TO KICK OFF NEXT WEEK Event to be broadcast, streamed live June 1, 2022 (Schedule of Events) (Venue Map and Admission Rates) (Tickets) (Flyer) Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) will kick off its biennial Celebration next week, marking the 40th year since the inception of the popular dance-and-culture festival. Celebration is a major, four-day [...]
SHI TO HOLD GRAND OPENING FOR SEALASKA HERITAGE ARTS CAMPUS
SHI TO HOLD GRAND OPENING FOR SEALASKA HERITAGE ARTS CAMPUS Facility to officially open during Celebration in JuneMay 16, 2022 Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) will hold a grand opening for the Sealaska Heritage Arts Campus in June during its biennial dance-and-culture festival, Celebration. The opening will include the unveiling of the new Sealaska Cultural Values Totem [...]
SHI RELEASES BABY RAVEN READS BOOK ABOUT CELEBRATION
SHI RELEASES BABY RAVEN READS BOOK ABOUT CELEBRATION Biennial event depicted from a child’s point of viewMay 12, 2022 (Get the Book) (About Celebration) (About Baby Raven Reads) Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) has released a children’s book about the institute’s biennial dance-and-culture festival, Celebration, as seen from a young girl’s point of view. The book, Celebration, [...]
SHI DIGITIZES, POSTS ONLINE TREASURE TROVE OF RADIO RECORDINGS
SHI DIGITIZES, POSTS ONLINE TREASURE TROVE OF RADIO RECORDINGS Collection includes interviews with Native people dating back 37 years May 10, 2022 (Browse the Collection) (About Southeast Native Radio) Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) has digitized and posted online a treasure trove of radio recordings that includes interviews with Native people across Southeast Alaska that date [...]
SHI ACCEPTING PROPOSALS FROM PRESENTERS FOR 2022 EDUCATION CONFERENCE
SHI ACCEPTING PROPOSALS FROM PRESENTERS FOR 2022 EDUCATION CONFERENCE May 2, 2022 (Flyer) (Application for Proposals) (Conference Website) Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) is accepting proposals from presenters for its fifth Culturally Responsive Education Conference, which is part of a larger effort to promote culturally responsive pedagogy in schools. SHI is soliciting proposals from educators to present [...]
SHI TO SPONSOR SEVEN SUMMER ACADEMIES FOR YOUTH IN 2022
SHI TO SPONSOR SEVEN SUMMER ACADEMIES FOR YOUTH IN 2022 Some academies open to students across the region April 15, 2022 (Apply) Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) will sponsor seven summer academies for students across the region who range in age from kindergarten to grade 12. The application period is now open for the following programming: [...]
SEALASKA HERITAGE TO SPONSOR LECTURE ON NATIVE IDENTITY, BLOOD QUANTUM
SEALASKA HERITAGE TO SPONSOR LECTURE ON NATIVE IDENTITY, BLOOD QUANTUM Talk by SHI President Rosita Worl to be livestreamed April 7, 2022 Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) will sponsor a lecture next week on the varying methods Native people and governments define who is Indigenous and the ways those policies are increasingly affecting young people. In [...]
FIFTH ANNUAL 2022 TRADITIONAL GAMES TO KICK OFF THIS WEEKEND IN JUNEAU
FIFTH ANNUAL 2022 TRADITIONAL GAMES TO KICK OFF THIS WEEKEND IN JUNEAU Public invited to attend, watch livestream March 30, 2022 (Register) (Games Website) (About Native Youth Olympics) (Sponsors and Partners) The fifth annual 2022 Traditional Games will kick off this weekend in Juneau, marking the first time in two years the event will open [...]
