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SHI TO OPEN NEW EXHIBIT SHOWCASING ALASKA NATIVE WOMEN
SHI TO OPEN NEW EXHIBIT SHOWCASING ALASKA NATIVE WOMEN Exhibit to be unveiled for First Friday this week May 1, 2023 Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) will open a new exhibit celebrating the rich traditions and real-life experiences of Alaska Native female artists during First Friday this week. The exhibit, Native Women’s Art: Drawn From the [...]
SEALASKA HERITAGE DIGITIZES, POSTS CELEBRATION 2004
SEALASKA HERITAGE DIGITIZES, POSTS CELEBRATION 2004 Video series shows twelfth Celebration, more years to follow April 28, 2023 (Watch) (About Celebration) Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) has digitized and posted on YouTube video of Celebration 2004. Celebration is a dance-and-culture festival first held by SHI in 1982 that has grown into the world’s largest gathering of [...]
SHI TO HOLD CEREMONY FOR TOTEM POLES, BRONZE FACES THIS WEEK
SHI TO HOLD CEREMONY FOR TOTEM POLES, BRONZE FACES THIS WEEK Event to be live streamed, everyone welcome April 17, 2023 (Agenda) (Totem Pole Trail) (Faces of Alaska) (About Totem Poles) Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) will hold a ceremony on Saturday for the first 12 poles of Kootéeyaa Deiyí (Totem Pole Trail) and Faces of Alaska, a major [...]
SHI TO PARTNER WITH RESEARCHERS, TAP ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO DOCUMENT UNDERWATER CAVES IN REGION
SHI TO PARTNER WITH RESEARCHERS, TAP ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO DOCUMENT UNDERWATER CAVES IN REGION Robot, teams to seek evidence of early human occupation March 2, 2022 (Research Team) Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) is partnering with a team of researchers and a firm that specializes in artificial intelligence to explore ancient, submerged caves in southern Southeast Alaska [...]
2022 TRADITIONAL GAMES PLANNED IN JUNEAU, REGISTRATION OPEN
2022 TRADITIONAL GAMES PLANNED IN JUNEAU, REGISTRATION OPEN Games to be livestreamed Feb. 1, 2022 (Register) (Games Website) (About Native Youth Olympics) (Sponsors and Partners) The 2022 Traditional Games will be held in Juneau in April with teams from across Alaska, and the registration for athletes ages 11 and older is now available online. The [...]
SHI ANNOUNCES WINNER OF CELEBRATION 2022 ART CONTEST
SHI ANNOUNCES WINNER OF CELEBRATION 2022 ART CONTEST Three other entries also chosen to visually represent programs Dec. 28, 2021 A Haida and Tlingit artist from Georgia has won Sealaska Heritage Institute’s (SHI) first-ever competition to visually represent Celebration, a huge, dance-and-culture festival held every even year in Juneau since 1982. The artist, Kimberly Fulton [...]
PAIR DONATES RARE COPPER PLATES MADE BY EDWARD CURTIS TO SHI
PAIR DONATES RARE COPPER PLATES MADE BY EDWARD CURTIS TO SHI Plates feature portraits of Alaska Native people, culture from the early 1900s Dec. 21, 2021 (Plate Images) (About Photogravure Plates) Two entrepreneurs have donated to Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) eight old and rare copper plates showing portraits of Native Alaskans, a tomb, an old [...]
SHI SECURES FUNDING TO LAUNCH TOTEM POLE TRAIL
SHI SECURES FUNDING TO LAUNCH TOTEM POLE TRAIL Project part of vision to make Juneau the Northwest Coast capital of the world Dec. 20, 2021 Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) has secured a grant to commission ten totem poles that will comprise part of Kootéeyaa Deiyí (Totem Pole Trail) along the downtown Juneau waterfront. The $2.9 [...]
APPLICATION PERIOD FOR INDIGENOUS FASHION SHOW NOW OPEN
APPLICATION PERIOD FOR INDIGENOUS FASHION SHOW NOW OPEN Dec. 17, 2021 (Apply) Event to be held in conjunction with Celebration 2022 Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) is accepting applications for its biennial Indigenous Fashion Show, which will be held in conjunction with Celebration 2022, scheduled June 8-11 in Juneau. The show is open to Native American, [...]
SHI TRUSTEES SUPPORT PETITION TO RECOGNIZE TRIBES
SHI TRUSTEES SUPPORT PETITION TO RECOGNIZE TRIBES Dec. 16, 2021 Sealaska Heritage Institute’s (SHI) Board of Trustees has moved to support a ballot initiative that would create an equal government-to-government relationship with the State of Alaska by officially recognizing Alaska tribes in the law. The initiative does not propose any legal changes to the status [...]
SHI ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR COLLEGE, VOC-TECH SEALASKA SCHOLARSHIPS
SHI ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR COLLEGE, VOC-TECH SEALASKA SCHOLARSHIPS Institute offering cash incentive to early birdsDec. 15, 2021 (Apply) The enrollment period for Sealaska scholarship applications is open for the 2022-2023 school year. The deadline to apply is March 1, 2022. However, Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) is offering a $50 incentive to those who complete their scholarship application [...]
SHI TO SPONSOR LECTURE ON TRIBES’ ATTEMPT TO DISQUALIFY NATIVE CORPORATIONS FROM CARES ACT FUNDING
SHI TO SPONSOR LECTURE ON TRIBES’ ATTEMPT TO DISQUALIFY NATIVE CORPORATIONS FROM CARES ACT FUNDING Free event to be offered virtually on Nov. 30Nov. 24, 2021 (About the Lecturer) (Flyer) Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) will sponsor a lecture on Tuesday on an attempt by tribes to disqualify Alaska Native corporations from receiving CARES Act funding as [...]
SHI TO SPONSOR LECTURE ON 200 YEARS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, COLONIALISM IN SITKA
SHI TO SPONSOR LECTURE ON 200 YEARS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, COLONIALISM IN SITKA Free event to be offered virtually on Nov. 24Nov. 22, 2021 (About the Lecturer) (Flyer) Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) will sponsor a lecture on on Wednesday on 200 years of infectious diseases and colonialism in Sitka as part of a series on Southeast Alaska Native [...]
SHI TO SPONSOR LECTURE ON MYSTERY NATIVE GIRL WHO TOURED NATION, MET HARRIET TUBMAN
SHI TO SPONSOR LECTURE ON MYSTERY NATIVE GIRL WHO TOURED NATION, MET HARRIET TUBMAN Free event to be offered virtually, in-person on Nov. 23 Nov. 19, 2021 (About the Lecturer) (Flyer) Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) will sponsor a lecture on Tuesday on a quest to find the name of a Native girl who toured the [...]
SHI TO SPONSOR LECTURE ON RAVEN AS A LITERARY SYMBOL
SHI TO SPONSOR LECTURE ON RAVEN AS A LITERARY SYMBOL Free event to be offered virtually, in-person on Nov. 22Nov. 18, 2021 (About the Lecturer) (Flyer) Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) will sponsor a lecture on Monday on Raven as a literary symbol as part of a series on Southeast Alaska Native history in honor of [...]
