{"product_id":"celebration","title":"Celebration","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1982, the fledgling Native nonprofit Sealaska Heritage Institute held a dance-and-culture festival to celebrate the Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian cultures of Southeast Alaska. A couple of hundred Native people gathered in Juneau for the event, called \u003ci\u003eCelebration\u003c\/i\u003e. They could not have imagined then that \u003ci\u003eCelebration\u003c\/i\u003e woud spark a movement across the region - a renaissance of Native culture that prompted people largely unfamiliar with their heritage to learn their ancestral songs and dances and to make regalia for future \u003ci\u003eCelebration\u003c\/i\u003es.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eToday, \u003ci\u003eCelebration\u003c\/i\u003e is the largest cultural event in the state, drawing thousands of people to the five-day biennial festival. \u003ci\u003eCelebration: Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian Dancing on the Land\u003c\/i\u003e, featuring the work by the noted Alaska photographer Bill Hess, includes images from the first \u003ci\u003eCelebration\u003c\/i\u003es to the present-day festivals. It is both an introduction to Native cultures and a cherished keepsake for the people who have participated in \u003ci\u003eCelebration\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSealaska Heritage Institute is a regional Native nonprofit organization serving the indigenous peoples of Southeast Alaska. The Institute was founded in 1980 to administer cultural programs for Sealaska Corporation, a Native for-profit company formed under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. The Institute's mission is to perpetuate and enhance Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian cultures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Rosita Worl, Maria Williams, and Robert Davidson. Foreword by Byron I. Mallott. Photographs by Bill Hess","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53616215490940,"sku":"9780295988290","price":33.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/missing-cover_7f5ac75b-468f-4961-8e84-e07bef38a432.jpg?v=1746711486","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/celebration","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}