Heather and Jessica Share Their Naniq Research

Learn about ancestral naniq's with Heather Metrokin Cannon and Jessica Towns-Camara.

Heather & Jessica Received the Bill Holm Center Artist in Residence Grant

Back in 2022, two Sugpiaq artists, Heather Metrokin Cannon and Jessica Towns-Camara, came to the Burke Museum on a Bill Holm Center Artist in Residence Grant. These two contemporary artists researched several different pieces of clothing and bags made by their ancestors and used what they learned in creating their own skin-sewn bags. Heather and Jessica also invited other Sugpiaq Peoples to join them in reconnecting with these ancestral pieces to build community and create roadmaps back to these traditions. Learn more about Bill Holm Center grants and the Burke Museum's Arts and Cultures collections at www.burkemuseum.org/collections-and-research/heritage/bill-holm-center

Alutiiq Naming Panel March 2021

To encourage and build resiliency in our Sugpiaq People, PNW Alutiiq Culture Camp is excited to offer this cultural learning opportunity.

Our community members often bring questions about naming protocol and ask us how to receive and give Sugpiaq names. We have gathered those questions to guide our discussion. To address this need we have asked a panel of experts and culture bearers to join with us to share their knowledge of Sugpiaq naming. Quyannasinaq to our incredible panelists: Dr. Alisha Drabek, Dehrich Chya and Hanna Sholl. Several community members have also shared their personal naming stories and those will be at the end of the video. Pacific Northwest Alutiiq Culture Camp has been providing cultural connection for Alutiiq People since 2019 through the support of generous donors including the Bristol Bay Native Corporation Education Foundation. BBNC Education Foundation has provided support for this video resource: Quyanaa BBNCEF!