This bearded seal hide blanket goes through a lot of wear and tear!
Gunalchéesh, Háw’aa to Brittany Gene for teaching our Traditional Games interns how to repair holes in the blanket, which is made from bearded seal hides that came off traditional hunting boats in northern Alaska.
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The Craig Tribal Association’s (CTA) tribal council aimed to revive the culture within the Káaws Tláay (Craig, Alaska). This two-day event brought renewed hope, as they had not experienced a traditional totem pole raising in nearly 30 years.
Tlingit & Haida has four Delegates over the age of 90 at the Tribe’s 90th Annual Tribal Assembly ❤️
Tide pooling on Lingít Aaní with the Lingít immersion preschoolers. Check out all of the creatures they found! 🦀
Our Lingít immersion preschoolers know their numbers! We love to see their progress learning the language ❤️
Tlingit & Haida was honored to have Haida Elder Ilskyaalas Delores Churchill come through our black cod distribution in Hydaburg, AK. We love to see traditional foods feeding our communities.
Tlingit & Haida has Tribal ID printers in 6 communities. This is a significant step to help streamline the process for tribal citizens who need a new or replacement Tribal ID card.
Tribal ID cards expire five (5) years from the date issue so make sure to check your Tribal ID card is still valid.
Tlingit & Haida hosts a number of culture classes where people can learn traditional arts. This sea otter sewing class with Marita Tolson was held in Klawock, AK.
Gunalchéesh, Háw’aa to Craig Tribal Assoc. & Klawock Tribal Assoc. for helping make this class accessible for tribal citizens.
A tribal citizen holds up a vacuum-sealed black cod fillet.
Two tribal citizens hold up vacuum-sealed black cod fillets.
Black cod in a smokehouse
Delegates and volunteers in Seattle pose with black cod fillets.
We love to see our tribal citizens enjoying traditional foods!
Tlingit & Haida's Traditional Food Security Department gave away more than 33,000 pounds of black cod and the Procurement team worked behind-the-scenes to get all fish to the 21 Tlingit & Haida communities for the distributions.
