Wood Chips, Metal Shards and Beads: How Alaska Native Demonstrating Artists Create Authentic Connections with Park Visitors.

For more than five decades, the sight of adzes carving cedar, needles sewing skin and fabric, and chisels gouging metal could be seen while traditional Native songs resonated from the park’s Cultural Center.

Tlingit Spearthrower: A Hands-on Experience

Spearthrowers were critical tools for Tlingit survival for thousands of years before the bow and arrow. Participants will throw with spearthrowers and darts from around the world. We expect to have 3D printed Tlingit spearthrowers available for throwing.

Supporting Southeast Alaska Arts and Culture – Views from Sitka National Historical Park

The history and current efforts of Sitka NHP to support Southeast Alaska Native arts and culture, detailing the history and development and providing a highly-successful case study.

Du een yooxhwali.át – I’m going to visit him

A selected group will sit and discuss in a forum past and current cultural issues as other people around listen in.

Screening of the documentary Lineage: Tlingit Art Across Generations