Still thinking about kinetic sculpture installation (has sound and video to) by Nicholas Galanin (Tlíngft and Unangax) and about automation as a tool for erasure.

It has a robotic arm slowly beating a large wooden box drum (a kóok gaaw in Tlíngft).

Aáni yéi xat duwasáakw (I am called Land)

With Stand On My Shoulders, Ya Tseen uplifts the gifts given to us by our ancestors and the collective responsibilities we have to future generations. music.subpop.com/yatseen_stan...

"The work's title is a reminder that everything living, engineered, and built, comes from Land, and depends on Land and Water.

Aáni yéi xat duwasáakw reflects on the impacts of our movements (what we build and what we destroy) on Land, Water, and ourselves."
- Nicholas Galanin, Tlingft and Unangax

Apprentice application: bit.ly/43iRUKi

SHI staff realized the need to train more apprentices in totem pole carving in phase one of Kootéeyaa Deiyí, which launched four years ago. More: bit.ly/3F9rQY4.

Photo: Kaagwaantaan totem pole led by Nicholas Galanin for phase one of Kootéeyaa Deiyí.

SHI is currently recruiting for two apprentices in each community who will be paired with the master carvers. SHI will host meetings in Sitka and Hoonah this month to discuss the project’s goals and objectives and expectations of apprentices.

The carvers, Nicholas Galanin and Gordon Greenwald, will make Kiks.ádi and Chookaneidí poles in Sitka and Hoonah, respectively, along with apprentices, as part of an effort to grow more Native artists who know how to make kootéeyaa.

Sealaska Heritage has chosen two master carvers to make totem poles in Sitka and Hoonah that will be raised in Juneau as part of Kootéeyaa Deiyí (Totem Pole Trail).