The Angoon Bombardment Tlingit oral tradition says the attack was a surprise. Shells rained down on the village. Marines landed and set fire to homes. At least six children died of smoke inhalation.

A dancer performs with the Kutkeeyaa group during Celebration, a Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian dance and culture festival in Juneau on June 7, 2024. The four-day festival is hosted by Sealaska ...

It's billed as the largest gathering of Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian people in the world — and this year's Celebration in Juneau is an especially big deal for the Dakhká Khwaán Dancers from ...

Waiting to welcome the canoes in Auke Bay were Fran Houston, whose Tlingit name is Siekoonie, spokesperson for the Aak’w Kwaan and member of the Raven moiety, with her counterpart from the Eagle ...

Donedin Jackson, a Tlingit weaver, has been an apprentice of Hope for the past four years. She’s visiting Juneau for Celebration from Alberta, Canada.

Visitors to the Denver Art Museum look at “Drum (Gaaw),” a cultural item from the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, on display in the Northwest Coast and Alaska Native Art Galleries ...

Northwest Juneau-based Tlingit artist designs Raven stamp Nov. 24, 2020 at 12:09 pm Updated Nov. 24, 2020 at 3:51 pm ...

The Raven stamp was scheduled for release alongside the Tlingit Celebration in Juneau in June, but the pandemic forced a postponement of the event, Sealaska said in their release.

The Haa Ḵusteeyí inland Tlingit celebration is underway in Teslin, Yukon, this weekend. It's a biennial event, with a name that can be translated to mean "Tlingit way." The three inland Tlingit ...

Celebration is also a major gathering point for Native language speakers. Three sessions will be held throughout the week for Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian languages.

Dancing can be a celebration, an expression of joy or sorrow, or a way to tell a story. For one man in Sitka, it's a way to teach people about his Native culture and values, and to carry on his ...

By The Associated Press Fairbanks Daily News-Miner May 25, 2011 May 25, 2011Updated Jan 16, 2013 ...