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Sitka Native artist mixes science with art

...Heritage Fellowship Award and the United States Artist Fellowship. Her work has been displayed at the National Museum of the American Indian at the Smithsonian Institution, and the Penn Museum at University of Pennsylvania, among others.She...

http://juneauempire.com/neighbors/2013-01-06/sitka-native-artist-mixes-science-a
Neighbors
Alaska philanthropist Mary Louise Rasmuson dies

...Several facilities bear her name, including the Elmer and Mary Louise Rasmuson Theater at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C.The family is planning a funeral mass Sept. 10 at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2012-08-01/alaska-philanthropist-mary-louise-rasmu
State
Native culture topic of last lecture in SHI lecture series

"Our Tlingit tradition is an oral tradition, said state Sen. Albert Kookesh as he introduced Sealaska Board Vice Chair and President of Sealaska Heritage Institute Rosita Worl - the final speaker in the Native American Heritage Month lecture series.

http://juneauempire.com/local/2011-11-30/native-culture-topic-last-lecture-shi-l
Local
East meets Northwest Coast

WASHINGTON - For hundreds of years, a red cedar tree grew tall and straight in a forest in British Columbia.

http://juneauempire.com/art/2012-01-19/east-meets-northwest-coast
Art
Anchorage Film Festival spotlights Alaska Native filmmakers

...Oct. 20-22, and is a partnership with the Alaska Native Heritage Center and Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center, with support from the Anchorage Museum, Anchorage International Film Festival and National Museum of the American Indian.

http://juneauempire.com/art/2011-10-13/anchorage-film-festival-spotlights-alaska
Art
Worl named Citizen of the Year by AFN

The Alaska Federation of Natives on Friday awarded its highest honor, the Citizen of the Year award, to Juneau Resident Rosita Worl, president of Sealaska Heritage Institute.

http://juneauempire.com/local/2011-10-23/worl-named-citizen-year-afn
Local
Winter lecture series at Sheldon Jackson Museum starts Jan. 21

...Understanding: Materials Characterization and Condition Assessment of Tlingit Spruce Root Baskets at the National Museum of the American Indian," discusses her ongoing collaboration with the conservation staff at the Smithsonian Institution to better...

http://juneauempire.com/art/2012-01-12/winter-lecture-series-sheldon-jackson-mus
Art
Hoonah weavers study ancestors' work at Smithsonian Institution

Five master weavers from Hoonah traveled to Washington, D.C., last week to study hundreds of Tlingit and Haida woven artifacts in the Smithsonian Institution's collections.

http://juneauempire.com/art/2012-03-29/hoonah-weavers-study-ancestors-work-smith
Art
Native shaman items returned

...There are some pretty old-style form lines." Two Kiks.adi masks were repatriated in March by the National Museum of the American Indian. A hat was returned a week ago from the Minnesota Museum of American Art. Ray Wilson, a Kiks.adi elder...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/060206/loc_20060602018.shtml
News
Celebration 2004: Director of Native museum visits Southeast

Rick West had been invited to Celebration before. But his day job, as director of the National Museum of the American Indian, had always kept him preoccupied. This year, he made Celebration a priority. West participated in Thursday's...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/060604/loc_celebwest.shtml
News

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