Celebration2008

CELEBRATION2008 FOR THE JUNEAU EMPIRE On Page 73, Mathew Macasaet, wearing a yellow and black woven Killer Whale Chilkat robe with a frontlet headdress, or shakee.át, dances with his arms outstretched, his legs wide apart, his head turned to the side and his mouth open. His gaze looks up to the space above his head and the energy and spirit of the moment seems to lift right off the page.

Sealaska releases book of photos, essays

Courtesy Of Sealaska Heritage Institute

Newly published: Sealaska Heritage Institute's first photo book, above, features photos from 1982 to 2006 by photographer Bill Hess and essays from Rosita Worl, Maria Williams and Robert Davidson. In a 1982 photograph featured in the book, below, audience members sing together during a dance at the first Celebration.

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