Sealaska sponsors fall lecture series

Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) will sponsor a free fall lecture series featuring talks on diverse topics, ranging from Tlingit property law and Indigenous knowledge and art to the history of glacial movements in Southeast Alaska. The lectures will be held at the Walter Soboleff Building in Juneau and live streamed on SHI’s YouTube channel at noon Alaska time. Recordings of the talks will be saved to the institute’s channel immediately after.

The lecture series schedule for September:

Sept. 4 Our Submerged Past: Exploring Inundated Late Pleistocene (10,500- 17,00 year ago) Caves in Southeast Alaska with SUNFISH by Kelly Monteleone and Kristof Richmond

Sept. 10 Indigenous Southeast Alaskan Wolf Knowledge by Steve J. Langdon

Sept. 12 Indigenous Knowledge by Jeffrey Brooks

Sept. 17 Eagle’s Journey with Raven by Preston Singletary

Sept. 19 Tsimshian Art by David A. Boxley

Sept. 25 The Meaning of Haida Title by Terri-Lynn Williams-Davidson

Sept. 26 Haida Art by Robert Davidson

Sept. 30 Unlocking the Potential of Generative AI by Auryan Ratliff

For the full schedule, including October and November lectures, visit https://sealaskaheritage.org/news/.