By Jennifer Nalewicki, Smithsonian Magazine — When it comes to art capitals, Rome, New York, Paris and Berlin are a few of the global hot spots that come to mind.

A research firm has produced a study that links an upward trend in scores for local Alaska Native students entering kindergarten to Baby Raven Reads, an early literacy program operated by Sealaska

Sealaska Heritage’s spruce-root gathering and weaving class held its first session on Saturday, June 19.

SHI has produced and put online a video series that teaches how to make traditional northern Northwest Coast halibut hooks, known as náxw in Tlingit. The series, led by Tlingit a

SHI has enlisted renowned, nationally-known educators to give keynote addresses at its fourth Culturally Responsive Education Conference for teachers and administrators. For the second ti

A Seattle man has donated an exquisite spruce-root basket to Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) that dates back more than 100 years. Donor Richard Zahniser purchased the piece in Southeast

SHI has digitized and posted online video of its third Celebration, a dance-and-culture festival first held in 1982 that has grown into the world’s largest gathering of the Tlingit, Haida and Tsims

SHI is sponsoring a visiting scholar who is studying how Southeast Alaska Native artists sustain their ancient art practices in light of current economic, legal and environmental pressures. Sc

The U.S.

SHI is seeking an elementary early childhood specialist, an education project assistant, a retail director, a retail/guest services associate, a cultural interpreter, a B

Registration is now open for Sealaska Heritage’s fourth education conference for teachers and administrators in Southeast Alaska, which is part of a larger effort to promote culturally responsive p

has chosen a Ph.D. candidate with a focus on ethnomathematics as the recipient of its 2021 Judson L.

SHI for the first time will hold a contest to solicit a design for Celebration, a biennial dance-and-culture festival that celebrates Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian cultures. SHI is seeking