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Press Release
March 21, 2005
SHI
TO HOST JUNEAU RECEPTION FOR TLINGIT AUTHOR
Sealaska Heritage Institute will host a reception next month for Miranda Belarde-Lewis (Tlingit/Zuni) and Lydia Mills, author and subject of Meet
Lydia: A Native Girl from Southeast Alaska.
The book chronicles the daily life of Lydia, a young Tlingit girl, as she makes regalia, learns to fish using a traditional gaff hook and dances in Celebration, a biennial festival sponsored by the institute.
The reception is the first event in Belarde-Lewis’ visit to Juneau. Other events include talks at four local schools, a book signing at the City Museum as part of Diversity Week, a book signing at Hearthside Books and a trip to Hoonah, where many of the photos in the book were shot by Native American John Harrington, the youngest photographer ever to cover the White House.
Meet Lydia: A Native Girl from Southeast Alaska is co-published by the National Museum of the American Indian and Council Oak Books. It is the third book in the series My World: Young Native Americans Today. Belarde-Lewis’ visit is co-sponsored by Sealaska Heritage Institute and the National Museum of the American Indian, with additional support from the Juneau School District.
The reception will be at the Sealaska lobby from 5-6:30 p.m., Friday, April 1. The public is invited to attend.