Healing Through Educational Programs

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An Alaska Native Cultural Heritage and Artistic Sovereignty in Museums Project funded through A Journey to What Matters Healing Through Educational Programs Grantee: Kodiak History Museum Fissions of Native Identity is an exhibit that was proposed and co-curated by Native community members in Kodiak, and it is the first exhibit created using Kodiak History Museum’s … Read more

2023 Graduate ARTShop Nikki Corbett Piluguk Making

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A Journey To What Matters and ASCA Partnership 2023 Graduate ARTShop Nikki Corbett Piluguk Making The ARTShops program is a collaboration between The CIRI Foundation, the Alaska State Council on the Arts and the Alaska Native Heritage Center. Established in 2016, ARTShops support emerging Alaska Native arts leaders to develop their skills in leading community-based arts programs. … Read more

2023 Graduate ARTShop Sonta Roach in Shageluk: Root basketry workshop

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A Journey To What Matters and ASCA Partnership 2023 Graduate ARTShop Sonta Roach Root Basketry Workshop The ARTShops program is a collaboration between The CIRI Foundation, the Alaska State Council on the Arts and the Alaska Native Heritage Center. Established in 2016, ARTShops support emerging Alaska Native arts leaders to develop their skills in leading community-based arts … Read more

Heritage Project Grant: Honoring and Uplifting the Knowledge of ANCSA

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ANCSA-U 2022 Invited Heritage Project Grant with First Alaskans Institute, Story by Melissa Marton Sharing the true history of our peoples is essential and making them available publicly is important to First Alaskans Institute and our community. Funding provided by TCF allowed us to not only celebrate the 50th anniversary of the passage of ANCSA … Read more

A Journey to What Matters-Chilkat Finishing Workshop

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Chilkat Finishing Workshop A Journey to What Matters Story by Lily Hope At any point in the last 150 years, fewer than a dozen Chilkat dancing robe weavers existed to make work for art collectors, museums, and most importantly for the Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian and First Nations clans. Mentor weaver, Jennie Tlunaut taught a workshop … Read more

ARTShop 2022 Eric Hamar Nang K’adangaas The Art of Eating, Haida Ladle Carving

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2022 ARTShop Eric Hamar Nang K’adangaas The Art of Eating, Haida Ladle Carving The ARTShops program is a collaboration between The CIRI Foundation, the Alaska State Council on the Arts and the Alaska Native Heritage Center. Established in 2016, ARTShops support emerging Alaska Native arts leaders to develop their skills in leading community-based arts programs. Previous image … Read more

A Journey to What Matters-Alaska Pacific University Virtual Artist in Residence Program

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Alaska Pacific University Virtual Artist in Residence Program Story by James Temte M.S. By Rebekkah Hartman During the course of this grant project a total of seven emerging Alaska Native artists were selected to have an opportunity to develop professional skills through artist exhibition, artist talks, virtual art features and mentoring. The goals of the project were to … Read more

A Journey to What Matters-Protection: Adaptation & Resistance

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Protection: Adaptation & Resistance Grantee: Bunnell Street Arts Center Story by Asia Freeman Protection: Adaptation & Resistance is a visual art exhibition produced by Bunnell Street Arts Center, touring from Homer (2022) to Anchorage (2022-3), Portland (2023), Tulsa (2023), Santa Fe (2023-4) and Juneau (2024). The exhibition explores Indigenous ways of knowing. In times of … Read more

Mountain View Elementary Alaska Native Heritage Month

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Mountain View Elementary Alaska Native Heritage Month Heritage Project Grant Invited Agreement with Mountain View Elementary, Story by Dr. Clare Hill The CIRI Foundation is deserving of our gratitude and appreciation in helping empower Mountain View Elementary to celebrate November as an Indigenous Heritage Month. We have used the cultural grant funds to celebrate with … Read more

A Journey to What Matters-Deniigi c’ezes c’et naden (the place we return to for moose hide)

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Deniigi c’ezes c’et naden The Place We Return to for Moose Hide Grantee: Cheesh’na Tribal Council Story by Jessica Denny The purpose of the project was to begin the process of rebuilding our knowledge systems of traditionally tanning moose hides through collaboration with Alaska Native Elders and knowledge holders that continue to practice hide tanning. … Read more