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Press Release
Oct. 10, 2002
SEALASKA HERITAGE INSTITUTE SETS DATES FOR CELEBRATION 2004
Sealaska Heritage Institute has set the dates for the next Celebration, one of the largest Native cultural events in the state. Celebration 2004 is scheduled for June 3-5, 2004, in Juneau.
SHI’s Board of Trustees elected to schedule the biennial festival in June because turnout has proven phenomenal during previous Celebrations held in that month, said SHI President Dr. Rosita Worl.
“We particularly wanted to select a date when young people would be free to attend,” said Worl, noting one of the goals of the festival is to instill pride of heritage and cultural understanding in younger generations.
Celebration 2004 will mark the 22nd year of the event, which began in 1982 to celebrate the Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian cultures. More than 4,500 people, including 1,600 dancers, from Alaska, Hawaii, the Lower 48 and Canada attended Celebration 2002. This year’s event was held at Centennial Hall, the Alaska Native Brotherhood Hall and the National Guard Armory and featured 42 dance groups. The event also included a Native artists market, a parade through downtown, a black seaweed contest, canoe races and the first Sealaska Juried Art Show.
CONTACT: SHI President Dr. Rosita Worl, 463-4844.