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Sharing Our Knowledge: Conference of Tlingit Tribes and Clans

Posted on October 01, 2017 by Paula Holwerda

  • Kan at the 2017 Conference in Sitka, Alaska, listening to a ceremonial speech by Mr. Andrew Gamble (Annahootz), the head of the Sitka Kaagwaantaan, Kan's adopted clan. To the right of Kan is his nephew through adoption Mr. Edward Young.

In October 2017, Prof. Sergei Kan presented two papers at the Sharing Our Knowledge: Conference of Tlingit Tribes and Clans. A biannual gathering, which brings together tribal elders, indigenous cultural preservation activists, and the general public (Native and Non-Native) with academic scholars in the fields of anthropology, history, linguistics, art, etc. Kan has been a member of the conference's organizing committee since 2007 and in 2015 published a collection of papers by its participants entitled Sharing Our Knowledge: the Tlingit and Their Coastal Neighbors (University of Nebraska Press).