TCF Recipient-Shara Diamond

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Living my dream! Story and Photo from Shara Diamond Hello, My name is Shara Diamond, I am Unangax and Tlingit. My Grandma Alma Foster was from Unga Island and my Grandfather Paul Rudolph Senior was from Southeast, Alaska. My Mom is Sharon P. Kay, Unangax Culture bearer and Master Basket Weaver of the Attu style. … 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

Litnaurluni Program Birch Bark Canoe Building

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Litnaurluni Program Joel Isaak and Helen Dick Birch Bark Canoe Building To encourage the maintenance and revitalization of customary Alaska Native artistic expressions and technologies, the Litnaurluni program provided funding support for in-depth arts projects that transmit Alaska Native arts practices across generations. During a year-long project, Joel Isaak worked with Helen Dick to build … Read more

A Journey To What Matters and ASCA Partnership 2022 Graduate ARTShop Golga Oscar Yupik Parka Making

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A Journey To What Matters and ASCA Partnership 2022 Graduate ARTShop Golga Oscar Yupik Parka Marking The ARTShops program is a collaboration between the Alaska State Council on the Arts, the Alaska Arts and Culture Foundation and The CIRI Foundation’s A Journey to What Matters: Increased Alaska Native Arts and Culture grant program. Established in … Read more

Participating in the Indigefi “Native Artist” podcast series as an Indigenous Producer

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Participating in the Indigefi “Native Artist” podcast series as an Indigenous Produce Story by Chandre Iqugan SzafranPhoto: Chandre Szafran with KONR studio backdrop, earrings by @the.ivory.plug It is with gratitude to The CIRI Foundation, the whole team at Koahnic, and supporting partners that this volume of the Indigefi “Native Artist Series” has come together. This … Read more

2023 Research Fellowship-Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center

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2023 Research Fellowship opportunity with the Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center in Alaska The Alaska office of Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center is seeking applications from Alaska Natives for a Research Fellowship. The fellowship will provide an Alaska Native educator or education student (informally or formally) an online opportunity to learn about and conduct Alaska-based research for … Read more

9 Books to Read About Alaska Native Heritage

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9 Books to Read about Alaska Native Heritage Previous Next Order Now The CIRI Foundation strives to support continued living traditions through heritage publications that enhance the appreciation and understanding of Alaska Native cultures. Whether you want to celebrate Alaska Native heritage, shop for unique gifts (like the design plans for building an urban smokehouse … Read more

A Journey to What Matters- Salmon Culture

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An Alaska Native Cultural Heritage and Artistic Sovereignty in Museums Project funded through A Journey to What Matters Salmon Culture Grantee: Pratt Museum The exhibition project, Salmon Culture, was developed at the Pratt Museum in Homer, Alaska with an Alaska Native curatorial team including Anna Hoover, Erin Gingrich, Drew Michael, Ilgavak Peter Williams, Rochelle Adams and Nadia … Read more

A Journey To What Matters and ASCA Partnership 2022 Graduate ARTShop Lena Amason in Kodiak Graphic Arts as Intergenerational Process

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A Journey To What Matters and ASCA Partnership 2022 Graduate ARTShop Lena Amason in Kodiak Graphic Arts as Intergenerational Process The ARTShops program is a collaboration between the Alaska State Council on the Arts, the Alaska Arts and Culture Foundation and The CIRI Foundation’s A Journey to What Matters: Increased Alaska Native Arts and Culture … Read more

A Journey to What Matters- Yupik Arts Workshop

Yupik Arts Workshop Grantee: Bethel Arts Council The SouthWest Alaska Arts Group was happy to have hosted a series of four Native Arts workshops in Bethel funded by The CIRI Foundation. Our region is full of amazing artists that create beautiful traditional art forms! Over the course of the last year, we gathered together to … Read more