It’s here! My dad and I created a Christmas coloring book! With 19 of his beautiful Tlingit-y Christmas illustrations, and 9 adapted Tlingit Christmas song lyrics, plus a few activities thrown in, it’s a fun and quite Tlingit coloring time. 🙂 The book...
That’s right! Tlingit musician Ed Littlefield and I are releasing “A Tlingit Christmas Carol” album, filled with adapted (aka Tlingit-ized) Christmas music! Music and arrangement by Ed, lyrics by myself, and a couple of amazing guest artists! You can...
So it’s not a whole week, but I had to wrap up the last few days of November! And maybe encourage a look at the rest of the year, too. Day 29 You’ve already been learning and saying “thank you” in the Indigenous language of the land...
I’ll be posting downloads of the lyrics for “A Tlingit Christmas Carol” as they are released here. You can catch each stave as it is released at the links below – they’ll be up from their release through Jan. 7. You can also get all of...
It’s a busy week, so we’re gonna make it quick and easy… ish. Day 22 This may sound silly, but find a story online about Native joy – positive stories about Native people, or culture, or communities. Try to find one close to you, but make sure...
While really doing deep dives into sources of where you see and hear from Native people, as well as history and terminology, is incredibly important, sometimes we really experience a cultural in the sort of “gateway” cultural activities of eating,...
These FREE coloring pages are from the full book my dad and I made (click to purchase) – “A Tlingit Christmas Caroling and Coloring.” It’s kind of a companion to the “A Tlingit Christmas Carol,” my online play produced in 2020 with...
Continuing to build on the first week of the Alaska Native and American Heritage Month Challenge, this week is a bit more focused on Native/Indigenous history and terminology. Honestly, these are the ones I probably get asked about the most, but end up correcting the...
Get Out The Native Vote! Here are three coloring sheets you can download to color away your election anxieties. All three designed by my dad, Tlingit artist Don Starbard. You can find more of his work at Facebook.com/EekHit. Eagle Votes! Download below:...
As a Native woman who does a lot of work in media and art, November can be a very busy month for me. Besides it being a traditionally active time in my Native cultures for gathering, this is the month non-Native people tend to request a lot from us as far as education...
