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,...
Each week leading up to Christmas, I’ll release a bit of a sneek peak at the coloring book my dad and I made together, “A Tlingit Christmas Caroling and Coloring.” It’s kind of a companion to the “A Tlingit Christmas Carol,” online...
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...
Children’s book by Vera Starbard, Illustrated by Don Starbard I’m so happy to finally release the fun quarantine project I worked on with my dad – the children’s book “Raven Steals the Toilet Paper.” It’s available for...
As businesses and organizations are figuring out their COVID funding needs, I hope they’re also considering the new financial needs of employees who are now working from home. I’ve seen a lot of friends struggling with bandwidth, home computers, office space, etc. and...
Note: This was posted on my Facebook on June 7, 2020. While we’re on the topic of taking down statues and other racist memorabilia internationally, we have our own Alaska pieces of “honor” it’s way past time to deal with. When I lived in Kodiak, we lived on Ismailov...
