Geraldine Nelson stood under the eaves at Centennial Hall to avoid the rain as Saturday morning's Celebration parade went by, but it wasn't just the precipitation threatening to her moisten her cheeks last week.
June 5, 2006
The best-tasting seaweed at this Celebration came from an Angoon man.
Ivan D. Williams won first-place, beating out his third-place mother at the third biennial seaweed contest, sponsored by Sealaska Heritage Institute, with his recipe for black seaweed.
June 5, 2006
Members of the Juneau Tlingit Dancers perform during a naming ceremony Friday for the former Auke Tribe Building, now owned by the Tlingit-Haida Regional Housing Authority.
June 5, 2006
For the second straight Celebration, a group of war canoes will set off from Sandy Beach at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 31, and paddle just under one mile toward Marine Park.
May 28, 2006
Behind a delicately woven Chilkat blanket, a grandchild of the Raven clan wears a headdress with a carved wooden raven and white ermine trailing on the side as he dances and mimics a raven flying.
May 28, 2006
The delicate web of Native protocol - which covers procedures, values and belief systems - varies from clan to clan.
May 28, 2006
Rather than a competition of beauty and technique, Native ancestors viewed their art in a spiritual and social context.
May 28, 2006
Little Big Band will headline a two-band, one-play gala the evening before Celebration begins.
The band is a new eight-piece, Seattle-area group conceived by Tlingit glass artist Preston Singletary and blending funk, rock, jazz, rhythm and blues, Native music, spoken word and performance art.
May 28, 2006
Some fry it with tomatoes and onions. Some add it to fish soup. Some make salads with it and some stir fry it like chop suey.
May 28, 2006
Years ago, when Donna May Roberts became a grandparent for the first time, she started to think more seriously about her language - Tsimshian.
May 28, 2006
For the first time, Sealaska Heritage Institute will sponsor a Baby Dress Parade at Celebration 2006.
May 28, 2006
Celebration is really about passing the gift of culture on to the next generation, Tlingit teacher Kitty Eddy says.
May 28, 2006
Historically, Northwest Coast groups made instruments from the materials found in the dense forests of their homelands.
May 28, 2006
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BBC Human Resource
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Hearthside Books & Toys
Hoonah Trading Company
Janice Jackson Coho Creations
RadioShack
Sealaska
Tlingit Ink Designs
Tlingit-Haida Regional
Housing Authority
True North Federal Credit Union
University of Alaska Southeast
Valley Lumber & Building Supply
Vocational Training &
Resource Center
Wal-Mart