Nature and Culture: Rebuilding Lost Connections. Alaska Native Knowledge Network. Gaaleeya-Brochure-3-10.pdf. VIDEO: Ketchikan Story Project traces community's path through history. The Ketchikan Visitors Bureau and filmmaker Deby Santos came together to create The Ketchikan Story Project, a series of short videos about the people and culture of the Southeast Alaska community of Ketchikan.
The stories range from mini-documentaries about the fishing community and Alaska Native history to profiles of bush pilots and artists. The intention was to give transient travelers a richer understanding of life in the region. With the film Ketchikan: Our Native Legacy, Santos wanted to shed light on the complex history of Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian communities in Ketchikan. “I think even among the locals there is a misconception about the Native culture in town.
It was an ever evolving story throughout the entire process, revealing complexities, passions, that at various times moved us to tears,” Santos said. "Ketchikan: Our Native Legacy" received two Emmy awards in 2013 and the project received 7 Telly Awards. Alaska Humanities Forum. Leadership Anchorage is Alaska’s premier civic engagement and leadership cultivation program.
Participants proceed through ten rigorous, full-day sessions of interviews and group activities, reading and skills-building. To view the Leaderboard, click the link. Alaska History and Cultural Studies is the new online curriculum designed to teach Alaskan high school students about their state, its rich history and its people. Never before has so much information about Alaska been accessible from one website. The curriculum is designed to meet Alaska’s new Alaska History graduation requirement and related performance standards. Take Wing Alaska: Navigating Alaska's Educational Transitions supports Alaska Native students from rural communities in their endeavors to transition to urban post-secondary education with the long-term vision for them to return home and contribute to their communities. Camp immerses youth in Native culture. By Kim Andree | JUNEAU EMPIRE From making devil’s club salve to weaving their first cedar basket, youth attending Tlingit & Haida Central Council’s Culture Camp spent the weekend immersed in Native culture.
For many, the event was all about making connections. “The whole goal of camp is to help them relate to the environment and who they are,” said Leilani Knight, a camp organizer and environmental technician for the council’s Native Lands and Resources Environmental Programs. “There’s a simple saying we have: We have Earth Day every year, but it’s Earth Day every day for Native people, because we’re so connected to the land, the air and the sea. It is who we are; we can’t get away from it.” Approximately 50 youth ages 10 to 15 – half of whom were from Juneau, the rest from Metlakatla, Yakutat, Petersburg, Hoonah, Prince of Wales, Anchorage and Seattle – arrived for the four-day overnight camp Thursday at SAGA’s Eagle Valley Center to learn about Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian traditions. Culture Camp: Examining the Convergence of Traditional Knowledge and Western Science in Seldovia, Alaska - ntsf10_2t_Murphy.pdf. AK: Culture Camp. Shawaan Jackson-Gamble cleans a halibut for the Kake culture camp.
Photo by Erik Neumann, KCAW – Sitka. The Organized Village of Kake is a small tribal community on the northwest side of Kupreanof Island. Like many villages this time of year, they just hosted a culture camp, a week of teaching Native youth about traditional food gathering and processing. But during this week of hunting, smoking, and canning, there are a few bigger health issues being addressed too. Download Audio Mike Jackson, one of the founders of the culture camp and magistrate in Kake.
“My name is Ka-oosh, that’s my Tlingit name. Mike Jackson is an imposing man who speaks slowly and thoughtfully. Jackson was born in Kake and lived here for most of his life. But on this day, he’s at a beach, helping supervise two-dozen middle and high school kids at the Kake culture camp. “Now the benefits of say, seal, the oils are good for us,” Jackson said. “If you want to keep me talking, here are beach greens.” Friday is 17.