2005 Summer
Language Program, Juneau,
SHI sponsored its annual
Sealaska
Kusteeyi Program and a 10-day
Latseen Leadership
Training camp at the University of
Alaska Southeast, Juneau campus. The Latseen camp was designed to provide engaging culturally-based
education and activities for youth in support of their future
academic and personal success with a focus on rigor, relevance, and
relationships. The camp was attended by 46 youths: 20 were high
school juniors and seniors from Southeast Alaska; 18 were enrolled
in the Preparing Indigenous Teachers for Alaska Schools program and
eight were interns at Sealaska Corporation. The camp included
courses on Beginning Tlingit, Native Social Organization and
Spirituality, math using Tlingit armor and physical education. Click any photo to enlarge. Use your browser's back button to return.
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SHI's summer program included a Beginning Tlingit class taught by Yarrow Vaara |
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The summer program included lessons on capoeira, a combat dance from Brazil
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Linguist Dan Tlen taught students how to harvest sticks for stick games, a traditional Native game |
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Students playing stick games |
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Students playing stick games |
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SHI President Rosita Worl taught a class on Native Social Organization and Spirituality |
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Social Organization and Spirituality class |
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Social Organization and Spirituality class
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Instructor Von Ray taught a class on Total Physical Response for SHI's Sealaska Kusteeyi Program |
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SHI's Haida language contractors Linda Schraek and Cherilyn Holter attended SHI's Sealaska Kusteeyi Program |
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