The film, which adapts recordings from an early 2000s stage production by Perseverance Theatre, premiered during 2024’s Celebration.
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Tongass Voices: Nick Alan Foote on coming home for Celebration
He says that after he moved to Seattle, he started creating his own designs to cure his homesickness for Alaska.
For Celebration’s lead dance group, the gathering was a chance to reconnect with coastal relatives
The Dakhká Khwáan dance group led that procession into the hall — and back out on Saturday. The group’s name means “people of the inland,” and many of them came all the way from Canada for this year’s festival.
Toddlers strut their Southeast Alaska regalia at Celebration
This year, nearly 30 toddlers participated, all between the ages of around two and five.
Mother and daughter’s spruce root hat wins Celebration’s juried arts show
The name of the piece — Dancing in the Summer Rain — comes from the way those new design elements come together musically.
Photos: Dancers make a Grand Entrance to Celebration 2024
The procession marks the kick-off of the four-day Celebration festival in Juneau — a biennial gathering that honors and uplifts the culture of Lingít, Haida and Tsimshian people.