Traditional Chilkat weaving is practiced by only a handful of Alaska Native artists but a group of Juneau artists are trying to change that. Master weavers Clarissa Rizal and Jennie Thlunaut have led ...

Chilkat weaving has been practiced for hundreds of years by Indigenous people on the Northwest Coast. The intricate design is a kind of woven record, documenting history and clan migration. In Juneau, ...

The sound of dozens of small shoes tapping the ground in rhythm to Tlingit songs filled the Sealaska Heritage Institute’s clan house as young students from the Tlingit Culture Language and Literacy ...

It has long been forbidden for men to weave in the Chilkat tradition, but Tlingit artist Ricky Tagaban is an exception. Using techniques practiced for thousands of years, Tagaban creates his trademark ...

It was not a pretty robe when it arrived at the Alaska Native Heritage Center in Anchorage last spring. The tassels were frayed and twisted, the colors faded. The Tlingit ceremonial garment called a ...

Master Chilkat weaver Kerri Dick (Kwakwaka’wakw, Haida, Tlingit, Kootenay), whose artistry fused traditional carving, weaving, and beading practices that she learned from family members and shared ...

Tlingit weaver Clarissa Rizal of Juneau is among 10 artists named as National Heritage Fellows by the National Endowment for the Arts on Thursday. A press release from the national organization ...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Lily Hope and her family are continuing her mother’s work for an important cause. The daughter of late acclaimed Chilkat and Ravenstail weaver Clarissa Rizal, Hope is an ...

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