Alaska Native Voices

Well the cruise season is happening starting with small vessels now and on to large ships the end of July. Great to be working again. All throughout the pandemic I dreamt about being on a ship.

We are looking forward to seeing you in 2021 in Glacier Bay.

‘These are the ones to cheer’: Ceremony recognizes students as future of Tlingit language, culture | Juneau Empire “Lukaax.áadi Trail Song” is in, Pomp and Circumstance is out.

Video: The Klukwan Community Is in the Fight of Its Life Rock Paper Fish, from the filmmakers at Wild Confluence and Nomad Island, takes viewers to southeast Alaska, where life is inseparable from the age-old rhythms of the Chilkat River. Every year all five species of Pacific salmon return to the Chilkat, drawing the world's largest gathering of bald...

Edge of the Knife (SG̲aawaay Ḵ'uuna) CASCADIA excited to present "Edge of the Knife" (Haida: SG̲aawaay Ḵ'uuna) as part of our Indigenous Filmmakers Program. The film is a 2018 Canadian…

Panel on International Partnerships with Mario Fulmer American Indian Alaska Native Tourism Association (AIANTA) Mira Poling Anseimi Adventure Travel Trade Association and Lu Lu and Aymeric Naudin from Sparkle Tours in Beijing, China.

An important component of a tourism development plan for communities, indigenous peoples and Native hosts includes investing the time to define their own narrative. If you don't tell your own stories, someone else will tell them for you...

Sharing language with visitors to your site is a sure-fire way to create an immediate connection. Everyone should learn to say THANK YOU in the native language of the location they visit. In Southeast Alaska, the Tlingit word for thank you is Gunalchéesh (gu-nawth-CHEESH). What other Thank you's can you share?

We recently were welcomed to present at the American Indian Alaska Native Tourism Association (AIANTA) annual conference. Director Mark McKernan shared insight on providing a successful familiarization (FAM) tour.