Athabascan Culture in Alaska
WEBYou can find authentic Alaska Native artwork, Athabascan beadwork, ivory, baleen, and other handmade gifts from around Alaska in their Alaska Native Gift Shop. Then and today, the Athabascan people hold potlatches. These are held for a variety of reasons from celebration to mourning.
An Alaska Native artist on how her beading creates a spiritual ...
WEBMay 12, 2021 · An artist explains how she reconnected with Koyukon Athabascan beadwork, an Alaska Native cultural tradition she first learned as a child.
Old art of Athabascan quillwork rediscovered - Anchorage Daily News
WEBSep 30, 2016 · Behind the table, Athabascan artists Shirley Holmberg and Emma Hildebrand recreated the ancient art of quillwork with the help of art conservator Nancy Fonicello. Quillwork was a popular...
Northern Athapaskan Art: A Beadwork Tradition - amazon.com
WEBJan 1, 1989 · Contents: The northern Athapaskans; Early Athapaskan art; Floral design in the central subarctic; Beads and beadworking; Athapaskan regional styles; The Great Slave Lake; Mackenzie River region; The Liard-Fraser region; The Yukon-Tanana region; The Tahltan; The interior coastal region; Western peripheral groups.
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Athabascan Art - Etsy
WEBCheck out our athabascan art selection for the very best in unique or custom, handmade pieces from our prints shops.
Traditional Arts - State of Alaska
WEBThe traditional use of beads made of carved wood, seeds, quills and shells predates the Athabascans' contact with Europeans who introduced glass trade beads in the mid-nineteenth century. Today this handsome beadwork is found on mittens, moccasins, and other items of clothing and jewelry.
Dena'ina Athabascan Culture - U.S. National Park Service
WEBAug 29, 2022 · Unearth a 4,000 year old hearth near Port Alsworth. Know the reason why glass beads were so valuable for trade at Qizjeh. Learn the early history of Dena'ina people. Join NPS anthropologists and tribes in preserving archeological sites and cultural landscapes. Duration: 18 minutes, 39 seconds.
Crystal Worl
WEBCrystal Worl designs Alaska Airlines aircraft taking Indigenous language and art to the skies. Xáat Kwáani is the first aircraft in the history of any domestic airline to be named in an Alaska Native language and to depict the ancestral importance through Northwest Coast …
Collections - The Anchorage Museum
WEBThe art collection represents a survey of visual arts in Alaska from the 18th century to the present, with important work by Alaska artists and a strong collection of contemporary Alaska Native art. The largest component of the material culture collections are objects of daily life of Athabascan, Inupiaq, Yup’ik, St. Lawrence Island Yupik ...
Athabascan Winter Studies - ANE Kindergarten Unit
WEBAug 17, 2006 · The art of Athabascan Indians varied from decorative handiwork on skin clothing and personal articles to some carvings and sculpting of masks and useful objects. Delicate bead and quillwork, as well as birch bark baskets are prized samples of …