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Video: Spear throws in action

Published 1:30 pm Friday, September 27, 2019

By Michael Penn

Steve Henrikson, Curator of Collections at the Alaska State Museum, displays a plastic replica of a Tlingit throwing stick before his presentation on spear throwing with Richard VanderHoek, State Archaeologist with the Alaska Department of Natural Resources’ Office of History and Archaeology, as part of the “Sharing Our Knowledge” conference on Friday, Sept. 27, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Steve Henrikson, Curator of Collections at the Alaska State Museum, displays a plastic replica of a Tlingit throwing stick before his presentation on spear throwing with Richard VanderHoek, State Archaeologist with the Alaska Department of Natural Resources’ Office of History and Archaeology, as part of the “Sharing Our Knowledge” conference on Friday, Sept. 27, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Richard VanderHoek, State Archaeologist with the Alaska Department of Natural Resources’ Office of History and Archaeology, gives a presentation on spear throwing as part of the “Sharing Our Knowledge” conference on Friday, Sept. 27, 2019.

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