{"product_id":"9780295988290","title":"Celebration: Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian - Dancing on the Land","description":"In 1982, the fledgling Native nonprofit Sealaska Heritage Institute held a dance-and-culture festival to celebrate the Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian cultures of Southeast Alaska. A couple of hundred Native people gathered in Juneau for the event, called \u003ci\u003eCelebration\u003c\/i\u003e. They could not have imagined then that \u003ci\u003eCelebration\u003c\/i\u003e woud spark a movement across the region - a renaissance of Native culture that prompted people largely unfamiliar with their heritage to learn their ancestral songs and dances and to make regalia for future \u003ci\u003eCelebration\u003c\/i\u003es.\u003cp\u003eToday, \u003ci\u003eCelebration\u003c\/i\u003e is the largest cultural event in the state, drawing thousands of people to the five-day biennial festival. \u003ci\u003eCelebration: Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian Dancing on the Land\u003c\/i\u003e, featuring the work by the noted Alaska photographer Bill Hess, includes images from the first \u003ci\u003eCelebration\u003c\/i\u003es to the present-day festivals. It is both an introduction to Native cultures and a cherished keepsake for the people who have participated in \u003ci\u003eCelebration\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSealaska Heritage Institute is a regional Native nonprofit organization serving the indigenous peoples of Southeast Alaska. The Institute was founded in 1980 to administer cultural programs for Sealaska Corporation, a Native for-profit company formed under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. The Institute's mission is to perpetuate and enhance Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian cultures.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Washington Press and Sealaska Heritage Institute, Juneau","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47046572966128,"sku":"9780295988290","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780295988290_p0.jpg?v=1763682974","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780295988290","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}