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Published through Sealaska Heritage s Box of Knowledge series, this booklet essay by Zachary Jones, Ph.D., provides the first biography A Life Painted in Yarn: A Biography of Tlingit Chilkat Weaver Clara Newman Benson (Deinḵul.át) (1856-1935) of Klukwan, Alaska, and attributes her artistic creations. Benson was a significant weaver of her day and prolific producer…
In this Box of Knowledge Booklet essay, Sealaska Heritage President Dr. Rosita Worl outlines the ancient ceremonial rites related to Aas Ḵwáani (People of the Trees) in Southeast Alaska. Over the course of at least 10,000 years of continuous occupation of this region, the Tlingit People developed close relationships with the environment, and accepted that…
This Box of Knowledge paper booklet, written by Sealaska Heritage President Rosita Ḵaaháni Worl, Ph.D., provides a brief review of Tlingit memorial rites based on the personal knowledge and experience of the author and her years of study, as well as references from prominent traditional and academic scholars on Southeast Alaska Native cultures. The principle…
More than two decades after the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment, a Haida man named Sah Quah entered a United States courtroom in Sitka. Sah Quah’s English was limited, but it would be impossible to ignore the gravity of his allegations: that he had been sold into slavery as a child, trafficked up a Northwest…
Crests are the most important symbols of the history and identity of Tlingit clans, acquired by ancestors in the ancient past and representing crucial encounters with animal persons and spiritual beings that determine the unique identity and character of clan members. In this collection of first-person narratives compiled by Chuck Smythe, Ph.D., clan leaders and spokespersons…
Herring are a foundation and cultural keystone species to Native peoples of Southeast Alaska, and nowhere is the rich cultural tradition of cultivating, gathering, processing, and distributing herring eggs more developed than in Sitka Sound. This book, published through SHI s Box of Knowledge series, details the extensive material, social, and ceremonial benefits that flow…
In this Box of Knowledge essay, Dr. Steve Langdon explores the significance of sharing as a foundational value and practice of Indigenous Alaskan cultures. The report shows how sharing provisions relatives and others with necessary and valued foods, how sharing occurs in ceremonial contexts that are culturally required, how sharing is done with deceased ancestors,…
In this Box of Knowledge Booklet essay, Sealaska Heritage President Dr. Rosita Worl explores Tlingit and Western laws, focusing on the bombardments of the Tlingit villages of Kake, Angoon, and Wrangell. The Tlingit had a highly developed system of law. Tlingit law is based on a group orientation, rather than the individualistic system in American law. The…
In 1969, Haida artist Robert Davidson and his brother, Reg, embarked on a journey to help restore Indigenous culture to their hometown of Massett, British Columbia by carving and raising a totem pole. The great Haida works of art had long since disappeared from the community after years of cultural oppression imposed by Canadian laws…
In Clan At.óowu in Distant Lands, Zachary Jones provides an overview of Tlingit collections held by museums in Europe and Russia and breaks the ground in providing documentation on where these objects reside abroad. The paper includes a table showing museums that have Tlingit pieces and the approximate sizes of their collections. It also provides some…
Alaska Natives face many complex issues in the 21st century. Some of these issues are the result of federal legislation that has defined and constrained Alaska Natives in various ways while creating institutions to address the special relationship between Indigenous Alaskans and the federal government. Among the most difficult of the issues is establishing who…
Doing Battle with the Halibut People: The Tlingit, Haida, & Tsimshian Halibut Hook is the most comprehensive book ever published on traditional northern Northwest Coast halibut hooks, known as náxw in Tlingit. Written by Chuck Smythe, Ph.D., and published through Sealaska Heritage s Box of Knowledge series, the book delves deeply into the ingenious engineering,…
This three-essay booklet by Dr. Rosita Worl, Dr. Thomas Thornton, and Dr. Chuck Smythe document the historic and decades-long battle to protect Juneau’s Indian Point, near Auke Bay, Alaska, considered to be a sacred site to Native people. National Recognition of the Traditional Cultural Significance of X unáx̱i (Indian Point) traces the saga that began in…
The Court of Claims case Tlingit and Haida Indians of Alaska v. United States (1959) was an important decision that affected both the Tlingit and Haida citizens and the trajectory of the final settlement of all Alaska Native land claims under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) of 1971. The Tlingit and Haida judgment marked a…
Through Tlingit and Haida memorial ceremonies the loss of a clan member is acknowledged and strength and healing are offered in reciprocal speeches. These ceremonies are the principal cultural and spiritual settings in which oratory occurs. This instructional manual booklet was developed by Sealaska Heritage Institute’s Council of Traditional Scholars and Rosita Kaahani Worl, Ph.D.,…
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