Sealaska Heritage Institute will sponsor a family night for Alaska Native families with children ages 0-5. This free event is part of SHI’s Baby Raven Reads program, which promotes pre-literacy, language development and school readiness. Families are invited to join us for storytelling, songs and other cultural activities. Family night will be held on Wednesday, […]
Sealaska Heritage Institute will partner with Sitka National Historical Park to move its collection of objects into the new Walter Soboleff Building in Juneau. A little-known clause in the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) authorizes the National Park Service as part of the Department of Interior to offer advice, support and technical expertise […]
A major American foundation that anonymously purchased sacred objects during a fiercely contested auction in Paris last year has returned one of the pieces to Southeast Alaska Natives. The Annenberg Foundation is donating a Native panel to Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) that appears to be part of an old Tlingit bentwood box with a painted […]