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Instructor Student Case 2025

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• Canoe
• L2025.4.6.1 A-C
• Model Canoe and Cedar Bark Sail, 2025
• This model canoe is carved from a single piece of red cedar. It was created during the Model Canoe Carving class taught by Naal xak'w, Tommy Joseph, in 2025. Model canoes are an important part of learning to carve full-sized dugout canoes, allowing s... View Full Record
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• Cap, Graduation
• L2025.4.9.1
• "Degrees of Ancestors", 2025
• This Ravenstail graduation cap is made from merino wool, copper cones, mother of pearl buttons, and trimmed with sea otter fur. Schreckhise wore this cap during her graduation ceremony in 2025. "My daughters were in college, and I thought, if they... View Full Record
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• Vest
• L2025.4.5.1
• "Sukteeneidi", 2024
• This vest is made from wool felt, leather, seed beads, and abalone and mother of pearl buttons. Carlson uses traditional formline design with a vibrant and contemporary color palette. The Raven/Dog Salmon design on the front of the vest is made wi... View Full Record
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• Panel
• L2025.4.8.2
• Ch'áak (Eagle) Yellow Cedar Panel, 2023
• These carved panels are made from red and yellow cedar and painted with acrylic paint. Raven is carved on red cedar, and Eagle is carved on yellow cedar. Nanum Gaack, Kevin Clevenger, created the adze texturing on the Raven panel. In Tlingit soci... View Full Record
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• Panel
• L2025.4.8.1
• Yéil (Raven) Red Cedar Panel, 2023
• These carved panels are made from red and yellow cedar and painted with acrylic paint. Raven is carved on red cedar, and Eagle is carved on yellow cedar. Nanum Gaack, Kevin Clevenger, created the adze texturing on the Raven panel. In Tlingit soci... View Full Record
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• Drum
• L2025.4.7.2
• "Raven Dancer," 2025
• Cox created the "Raven Dancer" during the Introduction to Formline Design class taught by Reg Davidson in 2025. After the class, Cox painted the design onto her daughter's drum. "We are Deisheetaan, so I painted a Raven design on her drum. She en... View Full Record
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• Legging
• L2025.4.10.1 A&B
• Seal Skin Leggings, 2025
• Aanchgwanutk, Janice L. Jackson is an artist, educator, and cultural leader. In 2019, Jackson and her husband, Richard Jackson, founded the Tongass Tlingit Cultural Heritage Institute, a non-profit organization dedicated to revitalizing Tlingit herit... View Full Record
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• Headband
• L2025.4.11.1
• Ravenstail Headband, 2025
• This Ravenstail headband is made from merino wool and trimmed with sea otter fur. The design features a Chilkat braid finishing the bottom edge. The headband was created during the Introduction to Ravenstail Weaving class taught by Evelyn Vanderhoop... View Full Record
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• Leggings
• L2025.4.12.1 A&B
• "Dancing Seal," 2025
• These leggings are made from deer hide, wool felt, abalone buttons, seed beads, and trimmed with beaver fur. They were created during the Intermediate/Advanced Level Regalia - Deer Hide Leggings class taught by Aanchgwanutk, Janice L. Jackson, in 202... View Full Record

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